Research Guides: Mobile Apps, Widgets and Tools: Chemistry Apps

Mobile Applications for Chemistry

ACS Mobile
Access to American Chemical Society journals on your mobile device.
Chemical Safety Data Sheets
This application displays International Chemical Safety Cards [ICSC] produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Labour Office (ILO), and the World Health Organization (WHO). It makes it easy to review safety in a 2-page summary.
Lib arXiv
Lib arXiv is an application to view, store and share papers contributed in arXiv.org
Organic Nomenclature
Organic Nomenclature will help in mastering chemical nomenclature. It features clear, concise, interactive lessons on how to name the compounds commonly encountered in an organic chemistry course.
Organic Reactions
Periodic Table of Elements
Put out by the Royal Society of Chemistry, this is a fact-filled, image-rich app for the periodic table.
ReactionFlash
This app is a good tool to learn named reactions, understand their mechanisms, and view examples published in peer-reviewed literature.

ChemSpider
ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 67 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
EndNote Mobile

MEDLINE (PubMed) This link opens in a new window
MEDLINE is a National Library of Medicine bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and pre-clinical sciences. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Access to full-text WVU journal subscriptions is available through the LinkOut icons.
SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
Scifinder-n is the most comprehensive source for citations to the literature of chemistry and related disciplines. It includes PatentPak, MethodsNowSynthesis, formulations, biosequence searching, and the RetroSynthesis Planner with predictive capabilities. It explores chemical substances by chemical names, structures, formulas, or CAS Registry Numbers and much more.