RSC · Schema

ChemSpider Compound

A chemical compound record from the RSC ChemSpider database

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Properties

Name Type Description
id integer ChemSpider record ID (CSID)
smiles string SMILES representation of the compound structure
formula string Molecular formula (e.g., C6H12O6)
averageMass number Average molecular mass in g/mol
molecularWeight number Molecular weight in g/mol
monoisotopicMass number Monoisotopic mass in g/mol
nominalMass integer Nominal mass (integer) in g/mol
commonName string Common or IUPAC name of the compound
referenceCount integer Total number of references in ChemSpider
dataSourceCount integer Number of external data sources containing this compound
pubmedCount integer Number of PubMed articles referencing this compound
rscCount integer Number of RSC publications referencing this compound
mol2D string 2D MOL file representation of the compound
mol3D string 3D MOL file representation of the compound
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

rsc-compound-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api.rsc.org/schemas/compound",
  "title": "ChemSpider Compound",
  "description": "A chemical compound record from the RSC ChemSpider database",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "ChemSpider record ID (CSID)"
    },
    "smiles": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "SMILES representation of the compound structure"
    },
    "formula": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Molecular formula (e.g., C6H12O6)"
    },
    "averageMass": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Average molecular mass in g/mol"
    },
    "molecularWeight": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Molecular weight in g/mol"
    },
    "monoisotopicMass": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Monoisotopic mass in g/mol"
    },
    "nominalMass": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Nominal mass (integer) in g/mol"
    },
    "commonName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Common or IUPAC name of the compound"
    },
    "referenceCount": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total number of references in ChemSpider",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "dataSourceCount": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of external data sources containing this compound",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "pubmedCount": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of PubMed articles referencing this compound",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "rscCount": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of RSC publications referencing this compound",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "mol2D": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "2D MOL file representation of the compound"
    },
    "mol3D": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "3D MOL file representation of the compound"
    }
  },
  "required": ["id", "formula"]
}

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