Database screening
815products extracted and reviewed
Screen the market
Manual review of a chemicals database found 34 products in scope and 109 more potentially in scope.
Case Study · Chemical Sourcing
Finding the molecules industry can supply.
A specialty chemicals company that formulates additives wanted more commercial molecules to test across three chemistry classes. Prescouter screened thousands of products and structures, refined the list to 83 compounds with the client and found 11 viable commercial options.
The Client
The client is a specialty chemicals company focused on the formulation and manufacture of additives for various applications. Its initial screens were promising, and it wanted more commercial molecules to test in-house.
The Challenge
Promising screens.
Now find the supply.
The client needed commercially available products in three chemistry classes that met structural specifications, such as carbon chain length and functional groups, so it could test them and decide which chemistries should move to the next phase.
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Structure
Exact chemical structures
Often undisclosed for products.
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Specs
Chain length and groups
Varied by class and subclass.
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Supply
Industrial availability
Volumes and regional access.
Our Approach
From thousands of structures, to 83 compounds.
Structure search
3520structure-based search results
Search by structure
When exact structures mattered, a structure-drawing search surfaced 294 in-scope results.
Supply scouting
83compounds of interest
Confirm the supply
With the client, we refined the list to 83 compounds and scouted market reports and registration dossiers.
The Outcome
Eleven viable options, with supply behind them.
Prescouter identified 11 commercial products and product ranges, made by 8 companies, that can potentially be supplied in substantial volumes with sufficient regional availability. Additional research answered 4 specific questions from the client team, explaining why certain compounds lacked industrially available products.
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Shortlist
11 commercial options
Products and ranges from 8 companies.
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Supply
Volume and availability
Substantial volumes, regional access.
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Clarity
4 questions answered
Why some chemistries lack supply.
A promising molecule only matters if someone can make it at scale. Searching by structure, not just by name, reveals options a catalog search can miss.
Let’s Talk
Can industry supply your next molecule?
Find commercially available chemistries that match your structural specifications and supply needs. Wherever you’re starting from, we’ll help you get there.
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