Reaxys is a web-based, chemical search engine that allows you to search for chemical reactions, (parts of) chemical structures and substance properties. The database contains comprehensive chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology data. Reaxys offers a broad range of data types from patents, journals and books.
With Reaxys, you can:
Quickly retrieves the most relevant chemical information
Stay up to date on new chemistry publications and patents
Find vendors for starting materials and intermediates
Search integrated in-house and external data
For additional support, contact UM Libraries or the Reaxys Support Center.
You do not need to create an account to use Reaxys. However, an account will give you a longer session timeout (6 hours compared to 30 minutes) and the ability to save searches.
Follow these steps to register for Reaxys:
Resources for Getting Started
A free online self-paced learning curriculum designed for students and professors to better understand using Reaxys and improving your understanding or teaching of chemistry. It currently offers Reaxys 101, Chemistry 101 with Reaxys, and Reaxys Teaching 101. The courses takes between an average of 30 - 90 minutes to complete.
The Reaxys Education Program is a series of short YouTube videos that explain how to support chemistry concepts and digital chemistry literacy with Reaxys.
UM Libraries currently has a year-long trial of Reaxys and would love to hear your thoughts on the platform.
If you are using Reaxys or have used it before, consider contacting Harley Rogers at hrogers@olemiss.edu. We welcome general opinions, as well as specifics on what works well, what doesn't, how it compares to other platforms, etc.
