Making InChI strings understandable: Beilstein-Institut releases free web application

What if you could hover over any character of a cryptic InChI string and instantly see what it means? That's exactly what the Beilstein ChemInfo Labs team has developed with "Explain that InChI", a browser-based application that turns dense chemical identifiers into color-coded, click-to-understand structures.

Read the full story to see how it works, what's under the hood, and why it matters for students, data curators, chemists, and cheminformaticians alike.

22 Sep 2026

Other Beilstein-Institut Open Science Activities

aromatic	the word “aromatic”
aromatic aldehyde	the word “aromatic” OR “aldehyde”
+aromatic +aldehyde	both words “aromatic” AND “aldehyde”
+aromatic -aldehyde	the word “aromatic” but NOT “aldehyde”
“aromatic aldehyde”	the exact phrase “aromatic aldehyde”
benz*	words which begin with “benz”, such as “benzene” or “benzyl”
benz*yl	words that begin with “benz” and end with “yl”, such as “benzyl” or “benzoyl”
benzyl~	words that are close to the word “benzyl”, such as “benzoyl” (i.e., fuzzy search)