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Cluster Search Tool Rapidly Identifies Available and Affordable Compound Sets

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Introduction Researchers have an increasingly powerful set of cheminformatics tools that they can use to construct and refine libraries of compounds to match complex, multi-parametric sets of data and property values. Similarity searching, clustering, and filtering can all help explore chemical space and reduce an overwhelmingly large set of potential structures to a more manageable subset of representative compounds that might be synthesized or acquired. Time and budgets are key factors in research projects, so…

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MolPort controlled substances
In Database

Chemical Sourcing of Out of Controlled Substances

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Chemical Sourcing in Drug Discovery and Controlled Substances A controlled substance is generally a compound that has its manufacture, acquisition, possession and use regulated by a government. In drug screening, controlled compounds may be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to acquire. Moreover, the storage, handling, and disposal of controlled compounds can be further challenging still. Therefore, identifying controlled compounds early-on in the process, and removing them from the compound library list can help streamline chemical…

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How MolPort punchout works
In Database

Quick Purchases with Punchout Integration

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Are you placing at least five building block or screening compound orders in a month? From emailing procurement for purchase approval and requesting quotes, to waiting for order confirmation and manually submitting POs to suppliers to align with internal procurement requirements. There’s a lot of manual effort required on your behalf! Punchout catalogues, also known as PunchOut websites, are a method that allows you – the purchaser – to buy from a supplier’s website from…

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Chemical procurement
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A Step-by-Step Guide- Chemical Procurement in Drug Discovery

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Chemical procurement of a large compound library for drug screening can be a more complex task than it first appears. The process can be time-consuming, requiring the right team and expertise, defining your compound library list, and handling supplier negotiations, logistics, formatting, and budget concerns. In this overview, we take you through the chemical procurement workflow for drug screening libraries start to finish, identifying the challenges at each stage and how you can implement strategies…

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Solubility Flags in the MolPort Database

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In response to customer requests, MolPort is pleased to announce the addition of solubility flags to its online chemical sourcing database. Quick links: Press Release Why we are doing this? Read in MolPort blog Customers purchasing large numbers of screening compounds report that typically 1-5% of the samples they receive cannot be tested, because they are not sufficiently soluble in standard solvents. This wastes timeand money, and delays the screening process. Several customers worked with…

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List Search Tool – Product Description and Benefits

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Searching for suppliers for a few compounds at a time by name or structure is simple enough, even when additional criteria like amount required or purity are important. But what if you need to find suppliers for hundreds or even thousands of compounds – maybe to complete a targetted library for an urgent structure-activity relationship study, or to obtain a structurally diverse set of compounds to run against a new antiviral screen? And as well…

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In Database

New MolPort API Calls Help Track Your Orders

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Authorized customers are already taking advantage of the MolPort API to programmatically access information from the MolPort database about commercially available compounds, their suppliers, packaging, prices, warehouse inventory information, lead times, and other information. MolPort is now pleased to announce the addition of two new MolPort API calls to help customers track their compound orders: 1. List Orders This compound API call returns all orders for a specific client, and lists them in descending date…

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On Compound Salt Forms

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In order to dissolve a compound to make a solution of a specified concentration, you need to know its molecular weight. Most compounds are sold in a pure (non-salt) free form and it is clear what the molecular weight is: but a salt chemical compound is sold in a salt form, which means that you need to calculate the effective molecular weight that takes into account the compound to salt weight ratio. We therefore strongly…

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Announcing Screening Compound Solubility Crowdsourcing

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Today MolPort is launching a new initiative with the goal of crowdsourcing screening solubility of compound. This blog post explains why. You are welcome to use one of these quick links for navigation to the right resource. Quick links: Press Release How to access data About the initiative One of the issues that screening compound buyers bring up most frequently is compound solubility. It used to be discussed at compound management conferences. Scientists and compound…

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Launching an Automatic Update Site for MolPort KNIME Nodes

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MolPort provides a number of ways to access data on commercially available compounds and their catalog data: the MolPort web portal, a downloadable database, web services (API). With web services you can instantly check the latest stock level information for MolPort compounds from your software application, Microsoft Excel, Optibrium StarDrop, PipelinePilot or KNIME. Starting today, MolPort KNIME Nodes are available from the traditional KNIME install/update website. This will not only make the knime download process much easier, but will also keep them up-to-date automatically. Just…

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