CAS: Transforming Discovery

CAS: Transforming Discovery

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Who we are


Scientists, technologists and

business leaders who facilitate

innovation

We enable

breakthroughs and

empower discovery

About CAS

“CAS is seen by the pharmaceutical industry as being the gold standard of

chemical information both in numbers of compounds and quality.”

Peter Murray-Rust

Unilever Centre for Molecular Information, Cambridge

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CAS is the leading global source of chemical information for

scientific and patent research

• Founded in 1907 to monitor,

abstract and index the world's

chemistry-related literature and

make it available to the scientific

community

• Work first published in

Chemical AbstractsTM

• Headquartered in

Columbus, Ohio

• Approximately 1,400 staff members

– including CAS scientists, speaking

50 languages among them

• Thousands of major scientific

journals and patents from 63 patent

authorities are reviewed and

indexed

• Customers include more than 2,291

universities, top Fortune 500

corporations and all major patent

offices


What we do

At CAS, we organize, analyze and share the pieces of information that drive

researchers to their next scientific discovery

• Support for the scientific community

(from the inside)

• Solutions for global science leaders

• Data builds the foundation


CAS Content

“Being able to rapidly search for important chemical information while an idea

is fresh in your mind is almost priceless. CAS databases streamline the

investigative process – allowing you to take an idea and rapidly find the

important and necessary information before you forget about the idea or it loses

its excitement. That really is invaluable.”

Dr. Robert H. Grubbs

Nobel Laureate

Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry

California Institute of Technology

CAS scientists analyze, summarize and make scientific

information accessible to colleagues worldwide

Proprietary, standardized indexing in CAS databases ensures consistent, comprehensive search results.

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As chemical research evolved over time, CAS is on the leading

edge of innovation

CAS is a division of the American Chemical Society.

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1895

Review of American

Chemical Research aims

to summarize chemical

research

1956

CAS becomes part

of the American

Chemical Society,

with E. J. Crane as

first director

1987

STN Express®

provides desktop

access to STN1994

SciFinder®

provides desktop

access to the CAS

databases with

simple search

capabilities for

researchers

1965

CAS Registry

Number®

system provides

a persistent

identifier for

chemical

substances

1928

Chemical

Abstracts

logo depicts

global science

heritage

1907

William A. Noyes, Sr.

becomes first editor of

Chemical Abstracts

1980

CAS ONLINE®

revolutionizes

chemical information

retrieval using

computers to search

CAS REGISTRYSM

1983

STN®

launched as

the first global

network for

scientific

information

1993

CASurveyorTM

becomes the

first CAS

CD-ROM

product

1996

CA on CDTM and

Document

Detective

ServiceSM offer

new delivery

mechanisms for

chemical

information

As chemical research evolved over time, CAS is on the leading

edge of innovation



2000

CA SELECTSSM

on the web

delivers current

awareness

information

2001

eScienceTM

a dynamic search

resource for

accessing scientific

information on the

Web

2003

Science IP®

Delivers fast, accurate

search results from

expert searchers

2015

PatentPakTM a

patent workflow

solution to quickly

pinpoint important

chemistry in patents

2005

STN® AnaVistTM

provides analysis and

visualization tools to

support decisions

2009

Common ChemistryTM

delivers complimentary

access to chemicals of

widespread general

interest

2007

CAS celebrates

100 years

of providing

innovative access

to the world’s

chemical

information

2016

MethodsNowTM the

largest searchable

collection of scientific

methods

2015

NCITM Global

For accurate,

authoritative

regulatory

information

1997

Several new products

enhance researchers’

accessibility to valuable

chemical information

CAS products streamline access to CAS content to speed the

pace of scientific discovery


Combining industry-leading search and

retrieval with unique and comprehensive

content

The CAS information search service provides

fast, comprehensive and accurate searches

of the world’s scientific and technical literature

An intuitive discovery platform with flexible

search and analysis options designed for

scientists’ workflows

Regulatory information for manufacturers,

importers, exporters or transporters of

chemicals

A robust patent workflow solution that provides

instant access to hard-to-find chemistry in patents

A single source to search and compare the

latest scientific methods

Fueling future innovations

• Scientists have leveraged CAS solutions to

drive countless discoveries

• Researchers and business professionals rely

on CAS content to confidently make

decisions that shape our future

• CAS information and solutions spark the

ideas and insights that you can use to

change our world for the better



We are CAS

Providing solutions that

help make a difference

in the world.

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