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This FAQ is able to answer to the main questions that you may have about eNovalys products.
You can’t find an answer to your questions? Ask them directly to the eNovalys forum.
- Q : How to seek in the search engine eSniff?
- To launch a simple search, just draw a query in the box provided for this purpose. The search engine eSniff is smart; he will interpret the drawing made.
Thus, five types of queries are possible:
To look for a molecule:
Simply draw the molecule in the box provided for this purpose. eSniff will do a sub-structural search. Each time a reaction containing this molecule is find, this reaction will be added to the answer list.
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To look for a product:
Simply draw a reaction arrow and the desired molecule at the right of this arrow. eSniff will automatically seek for this molecule only as a reaction product.
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To look for a starting material:
Simply draw a reaction arrow and the desired molecule at the left of this arrow. eSniff will automatically seek for this molecule only as a starting material.
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To look for reaction conditions:
Simply draw a reaction and the search engine will suggest the most appropriate reaction conditions to perform the query. eSniff is powerful and will offer consistent conditions, even if the query is very specific.
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To look for a reaction:
If you just want to look for a reaction, not the reaction conditions, draw this reaction and go to the advanced search panel and click on "Force sub-structural search ".
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- Q : Which drawing software is used by eNovalys to enter and/or seek for chemical structures?
- Default drawings software is MarvinSketch from ChemAxon company. The software is supplied as a Java applet and made available to users of eNovalys products. It is planned in a future version to let users the possibility to choose their drawing software (ChemDraw, SymyxDraw, etc...)
- Q : Why only 1000 (or 300) first answers are displayed?
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For performance and usability reasons, we have chosen to display only the first 1000 answers in ePro and the first 300 answers in the search engine eSniff. The system will inform you to refine your search (or to use filters) if you reach the bottom of the list.
- Q : Which browsers are recommended by eNovalys?
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eNovalys recommends the use of FireFox browser for a better compatibility. IE 7 and Chrome browsers are also fully compatible with eNovalys software.
Safari is also compatible since Lion version 10.7, released on 20 July 2011.
- Q : How do I set up my browser for optimal use?
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 Firefox :
eNovalys saves temporarily the current experience. This allows to restor the work in case of power failure or connection failure. To enable this feature, you have to:
- activate the browser history
- prevent private browsing (use ctrl+alt+p or tools menu to enable and disable private browsing)
 Interent Explorer :
Printing:
To enable printing, it is necessary to configure security settings:
- Go to Tools-->Internet options-->Security-->Trusted sites-->Sites
- Add https://www.soft-enovalys.com/in Trusted sites
- Go to Tools-->Internet options-->Security-->Trusted sites-->Custom level
- In the "tree view" look for Downloads-->utomatic prompting for file downloads and enable the option.
- Q : Under which OS eNovalys products are compatible?
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eNovalys Software use Silverlight plugin. Each OS having this plugin is compatible:
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Windows
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MacOS
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(for Safari, Lion is required)
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Linux
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 depending on Moonlight future evolution
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- Q : Why is the reaction scheme not immediately shown when a "reaction" query is carried out?
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The reaction conditions search engine eSniff is designed to look for …reaction conditions! This search engine is reliable even if the reactions in the database are distant from the query. Indeed, eSniff is a smart search engine able to model information from experiences in the database. Sometimes, most relevant conditions correspond to reactions that may seem away from the initial query. To prevent fast conclusions, the list of proposed reaction conditions is first showed, and then chemist is guided through explanations to understand why these conditions are suggested.
- Q : Why I do not find my reactions when using the search engine?
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By default, a number of options are set in the search engine. For example, we believe it is more interesting to find reactions with good yields. The filter performance is therefore set by default to yields above 70%. If you wish to find all the reactions linked to a query, this option has to be modified in the advanced search.
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