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Lecture 5: Beilstein and Gmelin
Quiz Questions

Note: Check ALL correct answers to each question. There may be more than one correct answer.

Question 1: You are researching the syntheses of a particular organic compound. You've found some references but are now ready to search in the Beilstein Handbook. However, despite diligent and careful searching, you have been unable to find anything, even the references that you had already located elsewhere. Why might that be?

  1. _____ The syntheses appeared in the patent literature, and Beilstein doesn't cover patents.
  2. _____ Your compound contains an element other than C,H,O or N, and Beilstein doesn't index such compounds.
  3. _____ All references to the compound appeared after 1980, and you were looking in the electronic version of Beilstein.
  4. _____ All the references appear in recent journals which are not on the Beilstein coverage list.
  5. _____ The compound only appears in references published before 1900.

Question 2: Which of these are important respects in which the Beilstein and Gmelin handbooks differ?

  1. _____ No compound described in Beilstein appears in Gmelin, and vice versa.
  2. _____ Updates to Beilstein's coverage of a particular class of compounds were published at irregular intervals, while Gmalin's supplements were completely updated every 10 or 20 years.
  3. _____ Beilstein's information is strictly organized compound by compound, while Gmelin may have volumes devoted to special applications of a given element.
  4. _____ Beilstein's volumes are organized by classes of compounds, while Gmelin's are organized by element.
  5. _____ Beilstein has ceased publication in print, but Gmelin print volumes are still coming out.

Question 3: Look up the structure of each of the compounds below in some other source, and then decide what compound features (e.g. alicyclic, one OH groun) would determine its location in Beilstein, and then give which volume of print Beilstein the compound would appear in, if any.
CompoundCompound FeaturesBeilstein Volume
Example: IsobutaneAcyclic, no substituentsVolume 1
Aspirin 
 
 		 
 
 
Cholesterol 
 
 		 
 
 
EDTA 
 
 		 
 
 

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