| Level 1 | - | Confirmed by Chemical Abstracts Service or the developing company as the correct structure. |
| Level 2 | - | Structure identified in Merck index or published by WHO or USAN council. |
| Level 3 | - | Structure identified in a peer-reviewed journal. |
| Level 4 | - | Structure identified in a non-peer reviewed printed source, such a meeting handout, press release, or non-company website. |
| Level 5 | - | Hand-drawn structure from a conference, or structure based on an informed decision by a Thomson Scientific patent analyst made by correlating unambiguous chemical information from the company's patent filings with information from other sources such company publications and communications. |