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Reaxys® — Chemistry intelligence for faster discovery, design and synthesis

Trusted within biopharma, chemicals, materials and academia

  • ...Reaxys gives us confidence we won’t miss critical insights.

    Dr Christine Richardson

    Principal Scientist at Sygnature Discovery

  • Every chemist should try Reaxys! It’s so simple and intuitive to use. The return of information is so fast; it’s guaranteed to save … time.

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    Fabrizio Fabris

    Associate Professor, Dept of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems at Università Ca’Foscari Venezia

  • Reaxys is, in my opinion, the most complete database that allows a researcher to access the vast corpus of chemistry knowledge quickly and accurately.

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    Gustavo Pablo Romanelli, Dr.

    GISOE Group Leader at Universidad Nacional de La Plata

  • Reaxys automates bringing data together so our scientists can focus on analysis and making more confident decisions.

    Colin Sambrook Smith

    Director of Computational Sciences and Informatics at Sygnature Discovery

  • Reaxys helps students to learn how to apply chemical reaction data.

    Prof. Keiji Hirose

    Associate Professor at Osaka University

Trusted data, technology and expertise to support chemistry research

What is Reaxys and how is it used?

Reaxys combines connected chemistry data with precision AI and expert curation, so chemists, materials scientists and engineers have trusted evidence to:

  • Identify and prioritize the most promising compounds

  • Accelerate discovery with traceable, AI-powered insights

  • Design scalable, sustainable synthesis routes

From mapping the chemical landscape to optimizing molecular properties, Reaxys helps you find, connect and analyze chemical data to make faster, more confident R&D decisions.

How does Reaxys help chemists design novel compounds and optimize molecular properties?

Reaxys helps chemists design novel, safe and effective compounds with the largest and most reliable set of physicochemical, toxicology and bioactivity data. Chemists can refine molecules in Reaxys using extensive molecular properties, from target affinity to conductivity or solubility. With the chemistry data in Reaxys, chemists can anticipate safety risks, assess the toxicology and ADME profile of compounds, and optimize potency and selectivity of leads with SAR.

How does Reaxys help chemists find shorter, cost-effective synthetic routes?

Reaxys has retrosynthesis software to help chemists predict synthetic routes, evaluate reaction pathways and accelerate synthesis planning in drug and materials research. The Reaxys retrosynthesis software is built on high-quality reaction data and AI models to generate predicted and published synthesis routes. With Reaxys, chemists can analyze and edit reaction steps with access to underlying literature references and experimental conditions all in one view. Reaxys provides the commercial availability and cost of starting materials, so chemists can decide which synthesis routes to take to the lab.

Does Reaxys offer data integration?

Chemists can unify in-house and external chemistry data in a secure, proprietary version of Reaxys. By integrating your chemistry data in Reaxys, you gain a more holistic view of reactions, substances and properties and eliminate duplicate searches across data silos. With more chemical intelligence surfaced in Reaxys, chemists and chemistry teams can make better informed decisions at critical moments in the innovation process.

Connected, configurable solutions to innovate in R&D

Advance your R&D with Elsevier’s Reaxys and a portfolio of solutions for pharmaceutical and chemicals and materials R&D. Strengthen confidence in your business decisions, supported by:

  • Trusted quality information from peer-reviewed scientific literature to regulatory data

  • Innovative technology that powers data transformation and analytical and predictive tools

  • Domain and data science expertise to solve complex problems with data solutions for R&D

Information integrity is essential to your progress. Discover trusted data and tools that deliver critical insights. (Learn more about responsible AI and data privacy in Elsevier AI tools.)

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What are the key features of Reaxys?

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AI search built for chemistry

Search comprehensive chemistry literature and patents in natural language with AI-powered precision. Find the exact data you need with extensive filters.
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Substance data with experimental depth

Access detailed experimental data on substances, including spectra, properties and commercial availability to confidently evaluate and select compounds.
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Bioactivity data included in Reaxys

Analyze normalized bioactivity data across in vitro and in vivo studies, toxicity and ADME with full references, SARs and visualizations.
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Published and AI-predicted synthesis routes in one view

Evaluate synthesis routes with AI and millions of high-quality reactions, including reaction conditions, experimental procedures and references.
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More reaction detail than any other chemistry database

Conditions Navigator surfaces and ranks the most relevant literature-backed conditions in one view, so you can find, compare and select with confidence.
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Flexible data access via API, MCP and flat file

Integrate Reaxys data directly into your discovery, R&D and predictive modeling workflows — available via MCP, API or flat file as a separate license.
Reaxys provides our researchers with rich data and comprehensive perspectives for problem solving, and thus ensures that our synthetic work is based on better solutions.
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Rujian Ma

Vice President of Chemistry at WuXi AppTec

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Accelerate your chemistry research with Reaxys

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