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Bill Laidig wrote:

> All,
>
> I am trying to find out about the current status of programs for
> synthesis/retrosynthesis.  It has been at least 5 years since I have
> looked at this area and need to find out about the players,
> state-of-the-art, etc.  I will summarize what I learn back to the list.
> Thanks,  Bill Laidig
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Dear Bill:

    Early this year I went to an introductory seminar on a new Beilstein package
that specializess in showing these synthetic pathways and has many other features.
You can try contacting the Beilstein people, or, for more information, log on to
the Rutgers website (New Brunswick), search out a library head honcho, and get more
information from them. Try www.libraries.rutgers.edu. Because the package did not
have any personal applications for my work, I didn't keep the information.

Mary O'Connor
Doctoral Candidate
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ