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Jesse Harris
Chemical nomenclature may seem like a simplistic chemistry discipline; a requirement of every chemical pursuit that is often overlooked for the vital importance it plays. Here we discuss the legacy of our contribution to the field of chemical nomenclature - ACD/Name - and take a look at what has changed in the field of chemical naming over the past two decades.

Sherry Myles
The growing complexity of chemical substances and corresponding advances in chemical nomenclature makes it practically impossible and potentially unsafe to rely on humans to create chemical names. Algorithmic name generation by computer programs long ago excelled human expertise in accuracy, productivity, and reliability of results. ACD/Name generates systematic names for diverse classes of chemical substances...

Sherry Myles
Do you always update your software programs as soon as the next release is available? Read on for a customer story about why updating to the newest release is important, not to mention the importance of always checking your own work!

Sanji Bhal
There just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done. There are ways to gain time and be able to do more but they can be difficult to identify because until we’re exposed to them we carry on as we always have. If you are still doing any of the things discussed here, then there are ways you can gain hours in your day and even do your job better than you are right now!

Joel Michalski
Follow the steps outlined in this video to generate a name for a drawn structure and explore the configurable options within our naming software. 2.0min

Gabriela Cimpan
ChemSpider, the most robust online chemical structure database owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), includes information on over 63 million structures, properties, and more. After ChemSpider’s market research showed that Percepta Predictors and ACD/Name tools are among the top five functions users regularly seek on ChemSpider, we renewed our partnership last month so we can continue to help the ChemSpider team in refining and updating their database to enhance chemical intelligence worldwide.

Sherry Myles
ACD/Labs algorithms will continue to equip ChemSpider with physicochemical property values and chemical nomenclature following ten year milestone. Toronto, CANADA (July 26, 2018)—ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes solutions in support of R&D, today announced the continued collaboration with ChemSpider, a leading chemical database owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry, to continue furnishing...

Sherry Myles
Toronto, CANADA (March 20, 2018)—ACD/Labs, a leading provider of scientific informatics technologies since 1994, today announced the court filing of a copyright infringement suit against Mestrelab Research, S.L. in Barcelona, Spain. The lawsuit asserts that ACD/Labs’ proprietary software source code has been directly incorporated into MNova IUPAC Name software recently released by Mestrelab Research. MestreLab...

Sherry Myles
When naming chemical compounds, there are a myriad of correct names that accurately describe the structure. N-methyl-3-phenyl-3-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]propan-1-amine, fluoxetine, or Prozac—they can all be interpreted as the same compound. But is there a “more correct” name? There wasn’t, until recently…