An introduction to the Extract by Parent-Analog tool.
Go to the Search menu and select Extract by Parent-Analog.
1. Scroll down the list of Primary Structures and select the one you wish to examine. For this example, we are selecting Cephalosporin.
2. Click Proceed->.
1. Indicates the number of matches that a search on the primary structure alone would yield.
2. Indicates the number of secondary structures that can be used to further refine your search.
1. Scroll down the list of Secondary Structures and select the one you wish to examine. For this example, we are selecting Carboxylic acid.
2. Click Proceed->.
As before, you can see the number of matches that the current search would yield, in addition to the number of structures available to further refine your search. For this example, we wish to continue by choosing a tertiary structure.
1. Select Oxime,O-alkyl.
2. Click Proceed->
1. Select Thiazole.
2. Click Proceed->
At this point, you could continue to refine your search by selecting a quinary structure. Instead, we will click the Search button.
At this point, the Extract by Parent-Analog window will close, and a window will open showing all of the matches for your search.