Tricks and Tips

• Operations can be reverted by pressing Undo / Redo / buttons on General toolbar.

• Paste names, InChi 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 the Advanced panel of the Periodic Table dialog. Try out the shortcuts as well.

• Use build-in structure templates, choosing Insert > Template Library from menu.

• 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 button from General toolbar.

• Press Ctrl+2 (or Ctrl+3 ) if you want to clean your molecule in 2D (or 3D ).

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