The InChI Code
Paul J. Karol
Journal of Chemical Education 2018 95 (6), 911-912
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has developed a computer algorithmic scheme for unambiguously coding molecular structure into relatively short alphabetic tags. These are now ubiquitous in many descriptions of molecular structure, yet the ease with which they are recognized and used is suppressed by their opaqueness even to the chemically knowledgeable reader. We present a short description of the structure, utility, advantages, and disadvantages of the code to ease familiarization.
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Content Type | Non OER |
| Author | Paul J. Karol |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00090 |
| Content Link | https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00090 |
| License | Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc. |
| Content Status | publish |
| Number of Comments | No Comments |
| Date Published | April 12, 2020 |
| Content Tags | InChI Overview, Publication |
