CCL: Converting CAS names to structures



 Sent to CCL by: Jonathan Brecher [jsb:+:cambridgesoft.com]
 
Does anybody know of any 3rd party tools preferably freeware that could convert CAS names to structures? A lot of tools do this with IUPAC names, but I havent been able to find one that converts CAS names.
 
Actually, I don't know of any program that can convert chemical names to structures that *can't* handle CAS names. Both ChemDraw (http://www.cambridgesoft.com) and ACD/Name (http://www.acdlabs.com) definitely can. Of course, either application might fail on any given name, but that would be the exception not the rule.
 Jonathan Brecher
 CambridgeSoft Corporation
 jsb-#-cambridgesoft.com