ConQuest is the primary program for searching and retrieving information from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). ConQuest provides a full range of text/numeric database search options, in addition to more complex search functionality including:

• Chemical substructure searching
• Geometrical searching
• Intermolecular and non-bonded contact searching

ConQuest also features:

• Intuitive sketcher for drawing chemical substructures and defining geometrical parameters
• A command line interface for batch processing
• Copy and paste of 2D structures from ChemDraw and ISIS/Draw
• Straightforward mechanisms for combining queries to generate complex searches
• A hit-list manager where search results can be combined and annotated
• Interactive browsing of search results while searches are running
• Links to primary literature sources
• Extensive range of output file formats (CIF, PDB, MOL2, SHELX, PDF, SDfile etc.)
• Link to Mercury visualiser
• Context dependent help, full documentation and tutorials
• Search of in-house crystal structure databases
• A version of ConQuest, Classroom ConQuest, is available for teaching

For further information about obtaining the CSD System contact CCDC.