CSD Desktop Applications -  Click the link to install  the client from IS&T site.

OR

1. Find CSD MIT-specific activation key on IS&T site. 

2. Go to CCDC/CSDS Download site to download the latest version of the software with your mit.edu email and the activation key from #1. 

3. Install the suite and use the MIT-specific activation key to activate the software.  

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.