CAS SciFinder Limits

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Certain limits apply to various CAS SciFinder operations. Some of the most common are listed below:

Advanced Search Fields

Up to 1000 characters (including spaces, no commas or other punctuation)

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Result and File Type Maximum Number at One Time

Patent Markush -Portable Document Format (*.pdf)

500

Reactions - RDfile (*.rdf)

100

References - Excel® (*.xlsx)

100

Substances - SDFile (*.sdf)

100

Suppliers - Excel® (*.xlsx)

100

 

Reference Crossover

Maximum from Sequence results: 1000

Reference Query

  • Up to 2000 characters (including spaces, no commas or other punctuation)

  • Up to 5 wildcard terms

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References

File Type Maximum Number at One Time
Citation Export (*.ris) 500
Portable Document Format (*.pdf) Summary = 500
Details = 100
Rich Text Format (*.rtf) Summary = 500
Details = 100
Excel® (*.xlsx) Summary = Not Available
Details = 100
Quoted (*.txt) 100
Tagged (*.txt) 100

 

Substances

File Type Maximum Number at One Time
Portable Document Format (*.pdf) Summary = 500
Details = 100
SDFile (*.sdf) 500
Excel® (*.xlsx) for substance properties only 100

 

Reactions

File Type Maximum Number at One Time
Portable Document Format (*.pdf) Summary = 500
Details = 100
RDfile (*.rdf) 500

 

Suppliers

File Type Maximum Number at One Time
Portable Document Format (*.pdf) 500
Excel® (*.xlsx) 100

 

Sequences (all result types)

File Type Maximum Number at One Time
Excel® (*.xlsx) 1000
Fasta (.txt) 100

 

Structure Drawing

A structure drawing is limited to 252 nodes and 251 bonds.

Substance Query

Up to 2000 characters (including spaces, no commas or other punctuation).