Select the ring system from the toolbar. To add a new ring click on an empty spot in the drawing area. By holding and dragging the orientation of the ring can be changed. Clicking on an already existing atom or … Read More
The carbon chain tool in the toolbar allows you to place a chain of multiple carbon atoms by clicking and draging the mouse away from the first atom. By holding the shift key while dragging the positions of the carbon … Read More
With the eraser tool, click on objects to delete them or click and drag to delete multiple objects at once. To delete all objects on the drawing area, click on the wiper tool.
Changing an existing atom Choose another element from the toolbar and click on an existing atom or double click to edit the label. How tho make the atomlabel invisible or visible Click on an existing atom. If the same atom … Read More
Inside MoleculeSketch Selected objects can be copied or cut by choosing Copy/Cut from the edit menu or by cmd-c/cmd-x. Paste a copied or cut item by selecting Paste form the edit menu or by cmd-v. To other applications Pasting a … Read More
Adding an atom Select an element from the toolbar. In the drawing area click where you want to add the atom. If the option “show missing hydrogen atoms” is set, some atoms (e.g. C, N, O, etc.) will be drawn … Read More
Structural setting Show CHx: Show or hide all hydrogen atoms on carbon atoms. Show X: Show or hide all non bonding electron pairs on hetero atoms. Atom defaults Change the defaults for drawing atoms. This settings can also be change … Read More
Changing bond type If single bond type is selected in the toolbar, clicking on an existing bond will increase the bond type from single to double to triple and back to single bond. If double bond type is selected in … Read More
