Day: 27-Jun-2011

Web-accessible data for Green Solvents

This is the second blog post pertaining to the Green Solvents app, before it has been approved on the iTunes AppStore – except that this one is about the data. Actually it’s not really about the data at all – it’s about the method of delivering the data. Let me explain.

Looking at the Molecular Materials Informatics site, you might get the impression that the company only makes mobile apps, and that’s it. But in fact the company has quite an extensive stealth web strategy, which includes a project called MolSync, which has recently been harnessed to provide auxiliary cheminformatics support for MMDS. As well as back-end functionality, there is also a toolkit of user-facing cheminformatics widgets for various tasks.

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Wait’n’see app: Green Solvents

Watch this space if you have an iPhone/iPad, and care about which solvents are “greener” than others: a new app called Green Solvents has been submitted to the AppStore. The app is free/ad supported, and very simple: it lists solvents defined by the ACS Green Chemistry Initiative, with their environmental effects ratings.

The story behind this app is a triumph of social networking: it started with Sean Ekins posting a tweet, and a few days later, a new app was sitting on the iTunes AppStore waiting for review. More details coming soon!