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Cambridge Structural Database

Also known as Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre · CSD

Established in 1965, the CSD is the world’s repository for small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures. Containing the results of over one million x-ray and neutron diffraction analyses this unique database of accurate 3D structures has become an essential resource to scientists around the world. The CSD records bibliographic, chemical and crystallographic information for:organic molecules, metal-organic compounds whose 3D structures have been determined using X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction. The CSD records results of: single crystal studies, powder diffraction studies which yield 3D atomic coordinate data for at least all non-H atoms. In some cases the CCDC is unabl…

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About this database

Websitehttps://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/software/csd/
SubjectsNatural Sciences · Chemistry · Physics · Molecular Chemistry · Physical and Theoretical Chemistry · Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas · Particles, Nuclei and Fields
Last updated2026-09-12

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