Function Repository Resource:

CommonChemistrySearch

Search the CAS Common Chemistry database for a substance

Contributed by: Jan Mangaldan

ResourceFunction["CommonChemistrySearch"]["chem"]

searches the CAS Common Chemistry database for the chemical "chem".

Details and Options

The "chem" is a query string representing the name of a substance. The query string accepts the asterisk (*) as a wildcard character.

ResourceFunction["CommonChemistrySearch"] also accepts Entity objects with the "Chemical" type.

ResourceFunction["CommonChemistrySearch"] returns a Dataset listing the substances found, and their corresponding CAS Registry Numbers.

ResourceFunction["CommonChemistrySearch"]["chem",MaxItems→n] limits the results to the first n found.

Search the Common Chemistry database for water:

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Search with a chemical Entity:

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Search with a wildcard:

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Limit the results to the first 10:

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The resource function ValidCASNumberQ can be used to validate CAS numbers:

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CommonChemistrySearch returns CAS numbers paired with substance names:

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Use the resource function CommonChemistryLookup to get more information:

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