''Synthetic Reaction Updates'' is a
current awareness
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bibliographic database from the
Royal Society of Chemistry
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that provides alerts of recently published developments in
synthetic organic chemistry
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.
It covers primary research in
general
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and
organic chemistry
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published in
chemistry journals. Each record contains a reaction scheme, as well as bibliographic data and a link to the original article on the publisher's website.
Subscribers are able to search by topic and reaction type or register for email alerts of new content based on their search preferences.
History
The database was established in 2015 to replace the two discontinued databases ''Methods in Organic Synthesis'' () and ''Catalysts and Catalysed Reactions'' (.
''Methods in Organic Synthesis'' was an online
database
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that was established in 1998 and updated weekly with the latest developments in
organic synthesis. It was also available as a monthly print bulletin.
''Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions'' was a monthly current-awareness journal that was published from 2002 to 2014. It covered the research areas of catalysed
reactions and
catalysts
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.
References
External links
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''Methods in Organic Synthesis''''Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions''
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2015 establishments in the United Kingdom