Install CSD Client
Client CSD - Click the link to install the client from IS&T site.
Introduction
The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is a highly curated repository of small molecule crystal structures.The CSD System also comprises software for database access, structure visualization and data analysis, and structural knowledge bases derived from the CSD.
Web CSD Web version (enough for most users)
The Cambridge Structural Database client version includes software for:
- ConQuest - search and information retrieval
- Mercury - structure visualization
- PreQuest - create an in-house database
- IsoStar - Intermolecular Interactions
- Mogul - Molecular geometry
- SuperStar - Protein-Ligand Interactions predictions (Windows and Linux versions)
- DASH - Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction Data (Available only on Windows)
- CSD CrossMiner - Interactive pharmacophore query tool
- CSD Python API - Use the CSD System programmatically
NOTE: CSD does not store:
- Polypeptides and polysaccharides having more than 24 units. These are recorded in the Protein Data Bank http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/
- Oligonucleotides are stored in the Nucleic Acids Data Bank http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu/
- Inorganic structures, which are stored in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database https://libguides.mit.edu/icsd
Contact the Chemistry Librarian with any questions.
