Third International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry (ECSOC-3), www.mdpi.org/ecsoc-3.htm, September 1-30, 1999

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MolBank: First Fully Web-Based Publication of Chemical Reaction Data

 Shu-Kun Lin1* and Luc Patiny2

1Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Saengergasse 25, CH-4054 Basel, Switzerland; Phone +41 79 322 3379; Fax +41 61 302 8918; E-mail: [email protected], http://www.mdpi.org/lin
2Institute of Organic Chemistry, University Lausanne, ICO-BCH, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel : +41 21 692 40 69 (Handy: +41 76 377 3110), Fax : +41 21 692 39 55, Email: [email protected]

Received: 25 August 1999 / Updated: 12 September 1999


Abstract: We report the experience and the recent  improvement of the MolBank section at the http://www.molbank.org server and the journal Molecules (http://www.mdpi.org/molecules/, ISSN 1420-3049). The monthly chemistry journal Molecules' new column "MolBank" was launched in 1997 to publish short notes of one-paper one-page for one structure.

Keywords: Chemical information, chemical journal, MolBank, online journal, structure search, substructure search. online submission.

Introduction

There are some very exciting new development regarding MolBank section of Molecules. Mainly we have the new http://www.molbank.org server [1,2] and have 2D substructure and structure search function and web-based paper submission capacity, in addition to many other new features. We presented this results at the 218th ACS National Meeting August 22-26, 1999 (Figure 1) [3].

Figure 1. Shu-Kun Lin and Luc Patiny at the 218th ACS National Meeting August 22-26, 1999. We presented this paper there also.

We report the experience and the recent  improvement of the MolBank section and the journal Molecules here.

MolBank Section [4]

Molecules (http://www.mdpi.org/molecules/, ISSN 1420-3049) publishes in the section of MolBank (http://www.mdpi.org/molbank) very short notes of experimental data records for individual molecules. Any scattered, unassembled experimental data for individual compounds which is conventionally not publishable is particularly welcomed, to be published as one-paper one-page for one structure and given special page numbers (M1, M2, etc.). They have been published in HTML format, with at least a formula of the target molecule. MDL MOL file is also included for every MolBank short notes. All papers submitted for consideration and publication in this column of "MolBank" have been refereed and the accepted papers edited (English corrected and format unified). The related chemical samples are in most cases available and the availability information is also published. All papers published in the MolBank section have been indexed and abstracted by several leading indexing and abstracting services, including Chemical Abstracts; CAPLUS; Science Citation Index Expanded; SciSearch, Research Alert; Chemistry Citation Index; Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences. Molecules  is the first online publication of experimental chemistry [5-7].

New Development

The MolBank section (http://www.molbank.org) of Molecules is perhaps the first, almost perfect electronic journal in chemistry. You can already search on the website www.molbank.org all the published compounds by 2D substructure search.

MolBank new features:
- easy, electronic procedure to submit a paper
- free access from the Internet with powerful searching tools
- IUPAC Names (for the titles) generated by CAD (http://www.acdlabs.com) in addition to the following
- one-paper for one reaction with one fully characterized product
- very fast publication, particularly suitable for publishing short communications to have the priority the a chemist is the first to have synthesized a compound or have fully characterized a natural product
- easy publication of short notes of scattered unassembled experimental data for individual compounds which is conventionally not publishable.

Dr. Luc Patiny started to serve as the MolBank section Editor of MOLECULES (http://www.mdpi.org/molecules/editors.htm#molbank) in August 1999. Dr. Patiny is from the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University Lausanne, Switzerland.

For more information, visit the http://www.molbank.org/ website.
 

References and Notes

1. MolBank official website is http://www.mdpi.org/molbank/.
2. MolBank server http://www.molbank.org/ has the MolBank section papers in searchable database form. The web-based submission and reviewing systems are also installed there.
3. Lin, S.-K.; Patiny, L. MolBank: Preservation and Publication of Chemical Reaction Data. Paper presented at the 218th ACS National Meeting August 22-26, 1999.
4. Lin, S.-K. MolBank: Rapid and Easy Publication of Short Notes of Individual Molecules.Paper presented at the First International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry (ECSOC-1), www.mdpi.org/ecsoc/, September 1-30, 1997.
5. See also an editorial: S. -K. Lin, Preserving and Exploiting Molecular Diversity: Deposit and Exchange of Chemical Information and Chemical Samples. Molecules1997, 2, 1-2. (http://www.mdpi.org/molecules/edito197.htm)
6. Lin, S. -K. Chemical information. Chem. Eng. News May 26, 1997, 4.
7. See also an editorial: S. -K. Lin, A Good Yield and a High Standard. Molecules1996, 1, 1-2. (http://www.mdpi.org/molecules/edito96.htm)

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