ZINC8:Release notes

Release notes for ZINC version 8, released in January 2008.

Features

New vendors

• Adesis
• Asymchem
• Biosynth
• CiVentiChem
• SynQuest
• Zannan

(there are at least 6 more John)

New database sources

• MLSMR
• NCI plated 2007

New compounds

• Over 10 M compounds total
• 7M purchasable with zero rule of 5 violations
• 1.1M purchasable with zero "rule of 3.5" violations aka "lead-like"
• 63K purchasable with zero "rule of 2.5" violations aka "frag-like"

New look and feel

• css pull down menus for easier navigation

New features

• all new upload feature
• XML RPC support for uploads
• new often-requested subsets

Fixes

Broken molecules

• one

Duplicates

• one

Subsetting

• one

Uploading

• one

Discontinued vendors

• Chemstar