Abstract
We present Precedent Finder, a cheminformatics search tool for locating relevant reaction
information in chemical reaction databases. Precedent Finder is a multiobjective optimization, in
that it retrieves Pareto-optimal data points. We choose two different axes of reaction similarity,
yield, and date as the initial parameters and present the results for different searches as well as
how we use the tool to support the work of synthetic chemists. Precedent finder can highlight
successful catalytic systems for query reactions and thus help optimize synthetic routes to
complex pharmaceutical substances.
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