Bob,

Very nice executive summary on the whole issue:

http://www.inchi-trust.org/fileadmin/user_upload/html/inchifaq/inchi-faq.html#2.9

Otis

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On Jun 11, 2014, at 10:08 AM, Robert Hanson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Should I just remove the difference and make "InChIKey" and "InChI" both 
> standard?
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Otis Rothenberger <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> I think the original InChI included sections for additional information about 
> the compound. The Standard InChI structure is more narrowly defined. Since 
> the keys are hashes of the InChi's, there will be a difference. The earlier 
> InChI flexibility created indexing havoc. The indexing utility of the earlier 
> InChIKey is right up there with CAS #.
> 
> Otis
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>> 
>> Note that "std" there is important -- PubChem keys models on standard 
>> InChIKeys specifically.
>> 
>> $show chemical inchikey
>> InChIKey=RYYVLZVUVIJVGH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
>> 
>> $show chemical stdinchikey
>> InChIKey=RYYVLZVUVIJVGH-UHFFFAOYNA-N
>> 
>> (Henry can tell us why there is a difference there.)
>> 
>> 
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