ACD/1D NMR Assistant promises to make NMR data analysis and
interpretation the way it should be—easy, fast, and helpful
Toronto, Canada (December 5, 2007)—ACD/Labs unveils a new
product aimed at helping synthetic chemists and casual
users of NMR by reducing the amount of time required
to spend on data analysis. This product provides chemists with quick
and easy spectrum viewing and processing along with interpretation
assistance that helps them make better, faster, and more independent
decisions.
Synthetic chemists spend
the majority of their time on chemical reactions, synthesizing and
purifying compounds, and preparing reports for publications, patents,
and presentations. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) experiments are
routinely run to ensure that a reaction has come to completion. In an open-access environment, this may involve looking at a
paper printout in the instrument room, or trying to figure out how to
use expert software for simple things such as expanding regions on a
spectrum or re-integrating peaks. But how exactly does NMR
software help chemists come to a conclusion on the identity of a chemical structure? Chemists who still use the paper
printout might ask the question, “Why use NMR software at all?”
Enter ACD/1D
NMR Assistant from Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc.
(ACD/Labs), the new NMR software package built specifically with the
chemist in mind. It helps assign NMR data and
automatically evaluates whether a proposed chemical structure is
consistent with a 1H NMR spectrum. If the structure does
not match, the software will highlight specifically where the
inconsistency lies, focusing the chemist’s attention on the problematic
area.
In addition to this
unique functionality, ACD/1D NMR Assistant provides all the processing
and analysis features available in other NMR software packages,
accessible in a logical and intuitive way. The software lets you
completely process and analyze a spectrum with a minimum number of
mouse clicks. Preparing a patent submission? ACD/1D NMR Assistant can
create a multiplet report in patent format with one
click. Creating a publication, report, or poster? All spectra, tables,
and structures can easily be copied to common word processing and
desktop publishing applications.
ACD/1D NMR Assistant is
an affordable desktop NMR software solution for any group that wishes
to provide synthetic chemists with access to their NMR data
electronically.
How did ACD/Labs know
what chemists wanted?
“We spent the last
several years speaking with chemists and spectroscopists who support
chemists. In this time, we learned a great deal about their needs and
desires with regards to NMR software,” said Brent
Lefebvre, NMR Product Manager, ACD/Labs. “Following
the first stage of development, we pre-released the software to groups
of synthetic chemists in five different pharmaceutical organizations to
garner impressions, suggestions, and feedback. We then went back to
development with this input and built what we have today. This process
was a crucial step in the development of this product.
We now have a software package for chemists that was built by
chemists.”
To see what ACD/1D NMR
Assistant can do, or to request a free evaluation copy,
go to
to watch the movie and fill out a request form.
