SEARCH EXPERIMENTAL AT THE MOMENT. We moved to a new server platform in October 2025 and we are testing out new search solutions.
Our search engine supports a number of different methods for performing searches:
Simply describe the information that you want. For example, "Beta-hydride Elimination."
Ask a question that you want answered. For example, "What is ferrocene?"
List important keywords relevant to your search topic. For example, "steric ligand phosphine size"
Refine a keyword search using boolean operators.
| Symbol |
Meaning |
Action |
|---|---|---|
| & | AND | Finds only documents containing all of the specific words or phrases. For example, "phosphine & carbonyl" finds documents with both the word "phosphine" and the word "carbonyl". |
| | | OR | Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. For example, "phosphine | carbonyl" finds documents containing either "phosphine" or "carbonyl". The found documents could contain both, but do not have to. |
| ! | AND NOT | Excludes documents containing the specific word or phrase. For example, "phosphine ! carbonyl" finds documents containing "phosphine" but not containing "carbonyl". As with the & and | operators, ! must appear between two terms. |
| [ ] | Grouping | Used to group portions of boolean queries together for more complicated queries. For example, "ligand & [steric | electronic] ! phosphine" finds documents containing "ligand" and either "steric" or "electronic but not "phosphine". |
After you perform an initial search, every matching document description will contain a "More like this" link that allows you to automatically search for similar documents (if they exist).