FDM FT-IR Databases

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Advanced Chemistry Development and Fiveash Data Management (FDM) Inc. are proud to present a product of their collaboration. The FDM FT-IR spectral collections were converted to five add-on databases in the ACD/SpecManager format including chemical structures.

• FDM FT-IR Spectra of Polymers and Polymer Additives
• FDM FT-IR Spectra of Surfactants
• FDM FT-IR Spectra of Minerals and Inorganic Compounds
• FDM FT-IR Spectra of Organic Compounds
• FT-IR Spectra of Drugs / Canadian Forensic Spectra

ACD/SpecManager augments the FDM collection by offering powerful search tools, top-notch processing and analysis functionality, as well as an advanced visualization interface that helps you examine and compare your experimental spectrum with those found in the FDM collection. For example, not only can you search for structures, but you can also search for substructures and by structure similarity. You can visually compare spectra in multiple window layouts in Full screen, Tiled, or Overlay (Series) modes. And you can use the built-in IR-correlation tool to find the correspondence between a structural fragment and the peaks of the spectrum. Please see the UV-IR module for more complete list of features.

The Spectral Data Management System provides outstanding search discrimination capabilities. The software allows multiple database searches, which in turn allows you to choose all or some of the FDM database add-ons. Further, you can produce complex search filtering by storing search results in separate lists and then recombining these lists through logical operations (merge, intersect, subtract, duplicate...).

Users interested in reviewing the FDM FT-IR Spectra of Organic Compounds can download the FDM Electronic Handbook software. Visit Structure Searching with FDM FTIR Spectra also.

This database is an excellent reference of commonly-utilized polymers and polymer additives. The polymer additives include materials such as plasticizers, catalysts, antioxidants, additives, UV absorbers, stabilizers and other chemicals related to the production of polymer based materials. The polymers include materials such as cellulose derivatives, common glues, EVA copolymers, polyethylenes, nylons, nitriles, acrylates and methacrylates, polypropylenes and styrene/butadiene copolymers.

polymer chemical name index
http://www.fdmspectra.com/fdm_ftir_ppa_index.htm

These spectra of detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, and other surfactant materials are another excellent toolkit for analyzing well utilized, industrially important compounds. All of the compounds come with clear, meaningful chemical names recognizable by analytical chemists, research chemists, process engineers and regulators. Many spectra have HLB (Hydrophilic Lipophilic Balance) values listed with the chemical names. Several surveys of important families of compounds are included such as:

And it includes many surfactant materials formulated with oleates, palmitates, stearates, abietates, caprates, laurates, myristates, naphthenates, ricinoleates, sulfonates, glycols, amines, diamines, amides, diamides, ethanolamides, and many more.

In short, it is an excellent tool for any chemist responsible for determinations of surfactant materials.

Surfactant chemical name index
http://www.fdmspectra.com/fdm_ftir_surf_index.htm

Based on the original 130 spectra from the FDM FT-IR Spectra of Minerals, this expanded collection includes more mineral spectra and over 120 spectra of inorganic compounds. Our original mineral spectra are from an authoritative source making them among the highest quality spectra available for the range of 400 to 4800 cm^-1. Some mineral spectra have samples from different locations around the globe.

It is an excellent reference for analytical chemists and geologists alike as it contains basic inorganic materials and minerals used in the industry. For example, quality control technicians interested in mineral components or contaminants in their chemical feed stocks use these databases. And the high quality and detail of the spectra means they are well suited to searches meant to confirm the presence of an inorganic compound in a plastic material.

Minerals and inorganic chemical name index
http://www.fdmspectra.com/fdm_ftir_mnrl_index.htm

This database was designed for the industrial FT-IR user concerned with materials important to industrial processes such as solvents and reagents, and basic organic chemicals. These high quality spectra are ideal as a general reference tool. Chemical classes represented included acids, esters, ethers, alcohols, alkanes, alkenes, amines, aldehydes, amides, anhydrides, lactones, thiols, ketones, benzenes, pyridenes, nitriles, and many more.

Organics chemical name index
http://www.fdmspectra.com/fdm_ftir_organic_index.htm

These spectra were collected at a prestigious Forensic laboratory and represent over-the-counter drugs, pharmaceuticals, controlled substances, intermediates, excipients, and fillers. It is ideal for Forensic FTIR users and those in need of a database suitable for general reference in academic and industrial FTIR labs.

An important feature of this database is that many spectra are presented in both the free and HCl complexed forms making it useful to a broad audience such as labs that may encounter a given compound in either form.

Drug chemical name index
http://www.fdmspectra.com/fdm_ftir_drug_index.htm

Requirement:
Database format designed for use with ACD/UV-IR Manager software.