I am a PhD student in Chemistry.
- For drawing chemical structures, I have tried using some random softwares like Kingdraw, etc, but the GUI does not seem appealing and not easy to use overall.
- I have used sometimes the well-known softwares such as ChemDraw and ChemSketch in someone else's device, but I am unable to install them on my device in a straight-forward manner.
- I am looking for the list of the best drawing tools (softwares/freewares) which are easily accessible and will faciliate to draw better quality chemical structures, good enough for publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Your help, suggestions, feedbacks, links are highly valued and appreciated from my end.
With Many thanks,
Janaki Devi Somasundaram
Dear Janaki Devi Somasundaram,
You can get the cracked version of ChemDraw software from GetIntoPc website. Here, you can get the latest version of it, having tutorial on how to crack them and use it for chemical drawings.
As it the well known widely acceptable software for structures in majority of journals. So, having a latest version will help in publishing your paper in a better way.
With regards,
Soumik
You may want to look into this: https://chemaxon.com/academic-program
also, some institutes may have academic license for Chemdraw so you might have it available through your University for Free.
you can try https://discover.3ds.com/biovia-draw-academic, it is free and good tools for draw molecules.
I also advise ChemDraw, if your University has a regular license.
Janaki Devi Somasundaram Chemdraw ou ChemSketch
Dear Janaki Devi Somasundaram
If you need use the software for organic chemical structures i advise https://biomodel.uah.es/en/DIY/JSME/draw.es.htm from Alcalá University, many times I used for draw and was really usefull, is free and you can use online don't need download.
Although my two have already been suggested...
ChemDraw is not free. It is a very nice program, very slick, well done, but not free and the question asked about freeware. However, your university my have a license and you should ask around.
ChemSketch, from ACD labs https://www.acdlabs.com/resources/free-chemistry-software-apps/chemsketch-freeware/) is a very nice program. In my opinion, not as nice as ChemDraw. There is one problem. ChemSketch is ported only for Windows so if you have a Mac you are just SOL.
So, then there is MarvinSketch (https://chemaxon.com/marvin). This program is a bit cumbersome and offers rudimentary drawing tools. It is fine for doing basic chemical structure drawing but if you do a lot of drawing, it is not so great. However, there are both windows and Mac versions available.
Chemdraw is user friendly and good for researchers. In order to see video tutorial please use following link:
https://youtu.be/brnx8YtpAhA?si=rx1VK5jwrR7Lv237
Another to check is MarvinSketch (https://okta.chemaxon.com/oauth2/aus3qkblpwzIDQBJF417/v1/authorize?client_id=0oa3nkhf2aYTrFImL417&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdownload.chemaxon.com%2Fauth%2Fokta%2Fcallback&response_type=code&scope=openid+profile&state=7da5cc4667). There are free versions for academic environments. Has some quirks but generally useful.
ChemSketch Freeware
https://www.acdlabs.com/resources/free-chemistry-software-apps/chemsketch-freeware/
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