ChemSketch



Assalamualaikum!

Alhamdulillahirrabil alamin.

Gratitude we bid to Allah because giving us
another opportunity to present this entry on the topic CHEMSKETCH


Just to recap on the 30th October 2014 , our class had learned something that are new for most of us (I guess!!) . As you can see from the entry topic I will focusing more on ChemSketch
                                                         

I will just give a brief explanation regarding ChemSketch . Basically ChemSketch is a chemically intelligent drawing interface that allows you to draw almost any chemical structure including organics, organometallics, polymers, and Markush structures. Use it to produce professional looking structures and diagrams for reports and publications. It also includes features such as calculation of molecular properties (e.g., molecular weight, density, molar refractivity etc.), 2D and 3D structure cleaning and viewing, functionality for naming structures (fewer than 50 atoms and 3 rings), and prediction of logP.

This software is very useful for lecturers/ teaches in using it for aids of teaching


At first when you open the software it will appears the same as in the picture below . To start drawing you need to switch to draw mode(Top left hand side of software).
                                             


Alhamdulillah within the 3 hours given to us we are able to complete to draw some graphical objects using ChemSketch as listed below:
  • Energy of reaction diagram
  • Orbitals
  • Vacuum Distillation Apparatus
  • Two-chain DNA Strand
  • Lipids
Here are some drawings that we had done with the help of my team members according to the list above:


 1)Energy of reaction diagram
     



 The challenge that we had encountered in this part is drawing the word"Chemistry" manually and must be as nice as possible


 Instructions:
Switch to Draw mode and click Polyline .
then
use same polyline to draw x & y axis


 2)Orbitals



 
Types Of Orbitals

Instructions:
Make sure you are in the draw mode and click Polygon .



 3)Vacuum Distillation Apparatus




Instructions:
In the Template Window , from the Template list, choose Lab Kit.
then,
add text and callouts to explain the apparatus

  4)Two-chain DNA Strand





Instructions:
This drawing also using the polyline.


5)Lipids




Instructions:
Click Ellipse for the circle


and


polyline for carbonic tail

Benefits of using this tool:

  • Visualize chemical structures in 2D or 3D to gain more insight into spatial configurations, and relationships to molecular properties
  • Create professional reports, working with structures, text, and graphics simultaneously
ACD/ChemSketch also allows you to check other tautomeric forms for your drawn structure. Consideration of tautomeric forms is very important for structure searching, predictions (such as physicochemical properties, i.e., pKa), and interpretation (i.e., of NMR, MS, and other analytical data). 


There are several links to download this ACD Chemsketch
Here are some links for the tutorial on how to use ChemSketch:



Publisher Advanced Chemistry Development
Publisher web site http://www.acdlabs.com/
Release date November 07, 2013
Operating systems Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows XP
Category Educational Software