Description:

Learn to:

• Recognize defaults associated with ring systems, atoms, and bonds
• Isolate ring systems
• Change node characteristics
• Change bond characteristics
• Use STN-defined variable groups including modification of their generic definition and of the element counts

 

 

Skill Level:  Beginner

 

Prerequisites:

• STN Basics Parts 1, 2, and 3 and STN Structure Searching Part 1

or

• Competencies with keyword searching in bibliographic databases and using the HELP, FILE, EXPAND, SEARCH, DISPLAY, LOGOFF, FOCUS, and INDEX commands
• Ability to competently apply logic operators, truncation, and proximity operators as well as to search in specialized fields
• Know how to use CAS roles and the SELECT CHEM command, conduct effective substance searches, and retrieve bibliographic references associated with chemical substances
• Skill in drawing chemical structures, uploading them for searching, and finding associated references for selected substances