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ACD and Crystal Impact Partnership:
Crystal Impact distributes ACD/ChemSketch molecular drawing software along with Endeavour
Bonn, Germany -- February 28, 2001 - Advanced Chemistry Development Inc. (ACD), a leader
in the field of physical property prediction, desktop chromatography and spectroscopy
management, systematic naming, and Web-based access to chemistry prediction, and Crystal
Impact GbR, a leader in PC-based crystal structure solution and visualization software,
today announce the distribution of the ACD molecular drawing software "ChemSketch" (freeware
version) along with Crystal Impact's innovative software "Endeavour" for crystal structure
solution from powder diffraction data.
Knowledge of the crystal structure, i.e. the way in which atoms and molecules are arranged
in solid materials, is an extremely important issue both in the pharmaceutical as well as
the pigment industry and also in academic and industrial research. Most compounds nowadays
cannot be synthesized as single crystals (for which this would be a routine task) but only
as microcrystalline powders. Hence, there is a rapidly growing demand for software able to
determine the crystal structure even from these macroscopically disordered materials.
Programs which perform this task such as Crystal Impact's "Endeavour" have become available
only recently due to their tremendous demand for computational power. Their application is
generally most successful if the connectivity and 3-dimensional structure of the molecule
are known prior to the actual crystal structure solution calculation. Typically, the
user will first draw a flat molecule and then transform this 2-dimensional sketch into a
3-dimensional structure. Hence, it is extremely valuable to have well thought-out and
user-friendly tools like ACD's "ChemSketch" at hand which allow a rapid and safe realization
of this task.
The "ChemSketch" software has been developed and distributed by ACD since 1994; today
it is a leading program for drawing and optimization of molecular structures. The
combination of this matured software tool with Crystal Impact's innovative program
"Endeavour" allows easy application of the most recent software technology, even for
non-specialist users. Both programs cooperate without any modifications: "ChemSketch"
Mol-files can directly be read and used by "Endeavour". We hope that this relationship,
though originally established around inclusion of a freeware package, will be extended in the
near future to take advantage of other ACD tools.
About Advanced Chemistry Development Inc. (ACD), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Advanced Chemistry Development Inc. (http://www.acdlabs.com) is a leader in the field of
physical property prediction, desktop chromatography and spectroscopy management, systematic
naming, and Web-based access to chemistry prediction. Founded in 1993 and with headquarters
in Toronto, Canada, the company employs over 90 people and has established worldwide
distribution channels. ACD's mission is to define a new standard in capability for
chemistry-based software, addressing the needs of spectroscopy, chromatography, physical
property prediction, and chemical naming.
About Crystal Impact GbR, Bonn, Germany
Founded in 1997, Crystal Impact's (http://www.crystalimpact.com) basic goal is to develop
high quality software which allows even non-specialist users to apply most recent scientific
and software technologies. Key areas of activity are crystal structure solution
("Endeavour"), visualization ("Diamond") and material databases ("Pauling File", in
cooperation with MPDS (Vitznau, Switzerland) and JST (Japan)). Crystallographers and
chemists from industry and academic institutions in over 35 countries all over the world
use Crystal Impact's innovative software tools to determine, visualize and understand the
crystal structures of their compounds.
ACD/Labs Contact:
media@acdlabs.com
Crystal Impact Contact:
Dr. Holger Putz
Phone: +49-228-98 13 64 3
Email: putz@crystalimpact.com
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