- Fundamental inorganic compounds, including the elements and their isotopes
- Organometallic compounds representing all important structural types
- Common minerals
- Important coordination compounds, including bioinorganics
- Compounds with an established use, such as catalysts, starting materials, analytical reagents, synthetic reagents, and laboratory chemicals
- Other compounds of particular chemical, structural, biological, or historical interest
The data provided includes:
- Accurate, systematic chemical names, trade names, and trivial names
- Searchable chemical structures
- CAS Registry numbers
- Molecular formulae, accurate mass, and percent composition
- Physical data, including description, melting/boiling points, optical rotation, solubility, dissociation constants, refractive index, and selected spectroscopic data
- Details of synthesis as well as the mineral or biological source
- Uses, including synthetic applications, important reactions, and biological use
- Hazard and toxicity information, such as LD50 values
- Concise bibliography
