Connect to: Beilstein & Gmelin DiscoveryGate

About Beilstein & Gmelin DiscoveryGate

The Beilstein and Gmelin databases can be accessed online using the DiscoveryGate interface. The interface requires a one-time application plug-in.

The DiscoveryGate information system can be used to search both the Beilstein (organic) and Gmelin (inorganic) databases. It provides access to more than six million structures and their associated chemical, physical properties, preparative methods, chemical behavior, and literature references (covering the literature from 1779 to the present).

Substructure query types can include bond and stereochemical descriptors, atom types, generic groups (e.g. acyclics, heterocycles, etc.).

The fact editor is a sophisticated data navigator that allows posing simple or elaborate queries. Search operators (and, or, not) enable the scientist to combine queries, and to manipulate lists of hitsets.

DiscoveryGate displays structures, and as many data fields as the user wishes to see. Hypertext links let you jump directly to the record of the highlighted compound, allowing the user to navigate along synthesis paths.

Years of Coverage: 1779-present

Access Restrictions:

ONLY Authorized Users, who are affiliated with Yale University can use DiscoveryGate.

Off-campus Access (Proxy Server/VPN):

• Central Campus
• Medical Campus