Cambridge Structural Database

Cambridge Structural Database
Content
Description
Contact
Research centerCambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
Access
Data format.cif
Website
Web service URLwww.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/structures
Tools
WebWebCSD
Standalone
  • CSD System
  • CSD (the database)
  • ConQuest
  • Mercury
  • IsoStar
  • Mogul
  • GOLD
  • CSD-CrossMiner

The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is both a repository and a validated and curated resource for the three-dimensional structural data of molecules generally containing at least carbon and hydrogen, comprising a wide range of organic, metal-organic and organometallic molecules. The specific entries are complementary to the other crystallographic databases such as the Protein Data Bank (PDB), Inorganic Crystal Structure Database and International Centre for Diffraction Data. The data, typically obtained by X-ray crystallography and less frequently by electron diffraction or neutron diffraction, and submitted by crystallographers and chemists from around the world, are freely accessible (as deposited by authors) on the Internet via the CSD's parent organization's website (CCDC, Repository[1]). The CSD is overseen by the not-for-profit incorporated company called the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, CCDC.

The inside of the CCDC headquarters Cambridge, UK

The CSD is a widely used repository for small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures for scientists. Structures deposited with Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) are publicly available for download at the point of publication or at consent from the depositor. They are also scientifically enriched and included in the database used by software offered by the centre. Targeted subsets of the CSD are also freely available to support teaching and other activities.[2]

  1. ^ "CCDC CIF Depository Request Form". Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  2. ^ "CCDC Homepage". Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre. Retrieved 2014-09-16.