User guide

After launching, ChemBioFinder uses the form you entered to search its corresponding database for records that
match the generic reactant. You can browse the search results in ChemBioFinder before importing them into the
Excel reactant worksheet.
Tip: To omit a record from the search results, navigate to the record in ChemBioFinder and go to Record>Omit
from List in the ChemBioFinder main menu.
5. In Excel, go to ChemOffice13>CombiChem>Reactants>Import ChemBioFinder Hitlist.
Alternatively, you can copy and paste the query structure into ChemBioFinder to perform a search.
1. In Excel, select the cell that contains the generic reactant.
2. Click the Copy Molecule icon on the ChemOffice toolbar.
3. In ChemBioFinder, open the database to search.
4. Paste the generic reactant structure into a query form and run the search.
5. In the reactant worksheet in Excel, go to ChemOffice13>CombiChem>Reactants>Import ChemBioFinder Hit-
list to import the search results. The search results appear in the reactant worksheet(s).
Tip: Use the Show Picture/Hide Picture commands to toggle the display.
Recreating reactant worksheets
You can edit the generic reaction at any time. However, you must then delete and recreate each reactant worksheet.
To recreate a reactant worksheet:
1. Right-click the reactant worksheet tab and select Delete.
2. When prompted, confirm that you want to delete the worksheet.
3. Go to ChemOffice13>CombiChem>Reactants>Make Reactant Worksheets.
4. Go to ChemOffice13>CombiChem> Reactants>Search for Reactants. (For more information, see "Searching
for reactants" on page 190.)
If you try to create new reactant worksheets in a workbook that already contains reactant worksheets, you will be
asked whether you want to delete the existing worksheets. When prompted, choose one of these options:
Click Yes to replace the existing worksheet(s). The existing worksheet is permanently deleted.
Click No. No new worksheet is created and the current worksheet(s) are kept.
To preserve the existing worksheets go to File>Save As and save the workbook. Then, follow the steps above to rec-
reate the reactant worksheet(s). When prompted to delete each existing worksheet, click Yes. New reactant work-
sheets will be created and the previous workbook will be available as a saved file.
Creating an experiment
An experiment is a library of product structures that is created when the reactant search results are applied to the
generic reaction. You can create or enumerate multiple experiments per workbook.
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