CHEMSKETCH

What is CHEMSKETCH???

ChemSketch is a chemical structure drawing program developed by ACD/Labs. It is a free download for educational use. It can be used to produce structures of organic molecules, names of organic molecules as well as Lewis structures, 3D structures, space filling models or ball and stick models, among other things. 

WHAT IT CAN DO???

Among other features, ChemSketch has the ability to:

• Draw and view structures in 2D, or render in 3D to view from any angle
• Draw reactions and reaction schemes, and calculate reactant quantities
• Generate structures from InChI and SMILES strings
• Generate IUPAC systematic names for molecules of up to 50 atoms and 3 ring structures
• Predict logP for individual structures
• Search for structures in the built-in dictionary of over 165,000 systematic, trivial, and trade names

GETTING STARTED......

First and for most, go to  http://www.acdlabs.com/products/draw_nom/draw/chemsketch/ and download the ChemSketch. Install the software and you can start trying to make some sketching.

   For the beginning,you need to know some basics of ACD/ChemSketch :

     

Once ACD/ChemSketch has been installed on your computer, follow these basic steps to start it:

1. Start Windows.

2. Double click on the ACD/ChemSketch icon to start ACD/ChemSketch.

OR choose the ACD/ChemSketch icon from the Start/Run menu in the Windows 95 or NT

Taskbar

OR double click on the program file “chemsk.exe” in the ACD folder.

3. You will see the splash screen appear, followed by the ChemSketch window:

4. If this is the freeware version, you will see a 15-second list of ACD products scroll by. Be

patient and click Cancel when it becomes active.

5. Then you will see a Tip of the Day box, which you can close after reading.

 Structure and Draw Mode

When ACD/ChemSketch starts up, you will find many menu commands and toolbar buttons

dimmed (inactive). They will be enabled as soon as you draw a structure.

In the ChemSketch Window, there are two modes, Structure and Draw. You switch between

them using the buttons in the upper left-hand corner:

In the Structure Mode you draw structures and reaction schemes while the Draw Mode presents

you with the tools for entering text and drawing various graphical objects.

Structure Mode Screen

Below you can see the screen with the Structure Mode enabled. Please pay attention to the

names and position of the toolbars, since we are going to use these terms throughout the whole

Guide.

Title bar shows the name of the program and the name of the currently open file. The default file

name is NONAMExx.SK2, where ‘xx’ is a counter.

Menu bar contains a series of words. Each word links to a list (‘menu’) of related commands for

working in the ChemSketch window in Structure mode.

General toolbar located right below the menu bar includes tools that are present in both Structure and Draw modes and will help you with tasks relevant to both modes such as: saving, opening files, undoing/redoing operations, copying and pasting, zooming in and out, as well as inserting various templates.

Structure toolbar placed below the General toolbar and only present in the Structure mode. This

contains tools for drawing and manipulating chemical structures, as well as buttons that link you to additional modules.

Atoms toolbar displayed vertically to the left of the screen contains buttons representing atoms,

as well as tools for changing atom properties (charge, valence, numbering, etc.).

Reference toolbar placed to the right of the window contains the Table of Radicals and various

buttons representing ready-made radicals you take from the table. You can also access

ACD/Dictionary from this toolbar.

Workspace is the open area in the middle where structures are drawn. (Sample shown.)

Color Palette at the bottom of the workspace allows you to quickly color atoms and bonds in the

selected chemical structures (by clicking or right-clicking on the colors).

Status bar contains information that may be useful for the current moment: name of the SK2 file

you are working on, page number in the SK2 file, number of fragments in the workspace,

molecular formula of the selected structure, as well as one of the available chemical properties for the selected structure. It also contains a button for automatic I-Lab access.

Draw Mode Screen

Below you can see the screen with the Draw Mode enabled. Please, pay attention to the names

and position of the toolbars, since we are going to use these terms throughout the whole guide.

Title bar shows the name of the program and the name of the currently open file. The default file

name is NONAMExx.SK2, where ‘xx’ is a counter.

Menu bar contains a series of words. Each word links to a list (‘menu’) of related commands for

working in the ChemSketch window in Draw mode.

General toolbar located right below the menu bar includes tools that are present in both Structure and Draw modes and will help you with tasks general for both modes such as, saving, opening files, undoing/redoing operations, copying and pasting, zooming in and out, as well as inserting various templates.

Editing toolbar placed below the General toolbar and only present in the Draw mode

incorporates tools for editing and manipulating drawn graphical objects.

Drawing toolbar displayed vertically to the left of the screen contains buttons for drawing various graphical objects and text.

Workspace is the open area in the middle where graphical objects are drawn and text is typed.

Color Palette at the bottom of the workspace allows you to quickly color selected objects (by

clicking or right-clicking on the colors).

Status bar contains information that may be useful for the current moment: name of the file you

are working on, status of the document and page number.

SO, those are the most basics thing you need to know...as it is quiet long to explain everything,i think you may visit THIS link by your own to know more about how to use this ChemSketch. Good luck exploring it n enjoy!!!

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