Tricks and Tips

  • Operations can be reverted by pressing Undo/Redo images/download/attachments/45330764/undo24.png / images/download/attachments/45330764/redo24.png buttons on General toolbar.

  • Paste names, InChi, CAS numbers directly onto the canvas, they will be converted into chemical structures right away.

  • The easy way to modify or add new properties to an atom/bond/selection to right click on it and use an option from the pop up menu.

  • You can introduce any kind of element and a lot of query features from Periodic Table images/download/attachments/45330791/periodic24.png dialog. Try out the Advanced panel as well.

  • Import peptide, DNA, RNA sequences from menu Edit>Source.

  • Simple paste IUPAC name from Structure>Structure to name menu; you can add IUPAC numbering as well (menu View>Advanced>Atom numbering>IUPAC numbering)

  • Calculate chemical properties like pKA, logD, Solubility using the options of Calculation menu (additional license needed).

  • Is your molecule chemically correct? Check it pushing Check Structure images/download/attachments/45330764/check-structure24.png button from General toolbar.

  • For drawing multistep reactions use the graphical arrows images/download/attachments/16122176/rarrows.png .

  • Press Ctrl+2 (or Ctrl+3) if you want to clean your molecule in 2D images/download/attachments/45330816/clean2D24.png (or 3D images/download/attachments/45330816/clean3D24.png ).

  • Check your molecule in online databases (Chemicalize, Chemspider, Pubchem) from File menu of MarvinSketch.