Open-Access Laboratory

In an effort to provide chemists with convenient and improved access to analytical instrumentation, many organizations have made the shift to open-access (or walk-up) laboratories which place the handling and analysis of analytical data in the hands of the chemist. Such a setup allows the chemists themselves to submit their sample to the instrument, run the experiment and finally, process, analyze, and interpret the data. This environment also ensures that the data evaluation is in the hands of the person who is most knowledgeable about the chemistry of their sample. Perhaps the biggest motivation behind this shift was to reduce slow sample turnaround times resulting from data bottlenecks in the traditional-style NMR laboratory.

ACD/Labs offers analytical data processing, analysis, and interpretation software that increases efficiency in open-access laboratories in the following ways:

Access to NMR Data at the Desktop in Laboratories and Offices

With all the advantages an open-access environment brings, it also puts the onus of NMR data processing, analysis, and evaluation into the hands of the chemists. With this distribution of tasks spread to chemists organization-wide, the need for an easy to use processing software package becomes of paramount importance. Desktop access to this data is crucial in maximizing the productivity of chemists in this environment. ACD/Labs NMR software can simplify spectral processing and analysis through automated procedures which can be performed on the chemists' own desktops away from various instruments and workstations, from a variety of file formats.

Relevant Software: ACD/1D NMR Assistant

Easily Create Experimental Sections for Patents and Publications

How long does it take to extract multiplet values from NMR spectra? Further, how long does it take to format these values into journal or patent-ready formats? ACD/1D NMR Assistant provides medicinal, synthetic, and process chemists with the capability to create reports for all of their NMR spectra with one click. These reports can then be pasted directly into Microsoft Word, or electronic lab notebooks saving chemists significant time if they have to create reports for patents and publications down the road.

Communication of results is a vital part of the scientific process. Unfortunately, the creation of reports can be a tedious and frustrating exercise. Formatting spectra collected on different instruments in a uniform way can be difficult. Even finding all of the relevant spectra, tables, and related documents can cause delays. ACD/Labs software can simplify the reporting process by helping chemists create comprehensive analytical reports in PDF format for their electronic lab notebooks. Read more about how software can simplify the creation of Analytical Reports.

Ease the Burden of NMR Interpretation

In an open-access environment, chemists are spending significant amounts of time interpreting NMR data to determine the success (or failure) of their reactions. Desktop NMR Software can now be used to help chemists make better, faster, and more independent decisions on the outcome of heir synthetic reactions.

Read more information about ACD/1D NMR Assistant.

Automate Data Processing and Delivery of Results

Manual collection, processing, reporting, and database population of spectral data can take a significant amount of time and effort. Automating these tasks and tracking samples and requests will reduce the tedium and provide a smoother workflow. The integrated system can even automatically provide notification to the chemists when samples are ready for viewing.

Learn more about ACD/Labs software automation solutions.

Relevant Software: ACD/Automation Server and ACD/Workflow Manager.

Go to the Press Release section to see how organizations around the globe are benefiting from providing their chemists with desktop access to our software to increase efficiency in their open-access environment.