VSEPRplex 1.1.7 review

VSEPRplex (pronounced "ves-per-plex") is an interactive chemistry package that helps students visualize and understand molecular geometry.

License: Trial OS: Mac OS X File size: 89K Developer: Living Graphs Inc. Buy Now Price: $66.00 Updated: 08 Jun 2006

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VSEPRplex (pronounced "ves-per-plex") is an interactive chemistry package that helps students visualize and understand molecular geometry. While building and exploring their own 3-D structures, students encounter the shapes and properties of small covalent molecules. VSEPRplex was designed for use in senior high school and college chemistry courses.

VSEPRplex is a 3-D molecular modeling set that allows students to build their own molecules, atom by atom. This software takes an interactive, visual approach to chemistry. VSEPRplex will help students develop a deeper intuition for the shapes of small covalent molecules. Students will gain a better understanding of the chemistry behind the images. By building and exploring their own molecules with VSEPRplex, students encounter the core concepts in VSEPR theory.

Here are some key features of "VSEPRplex":
Core Topics
Valence electrons and the octet rule
Covalent bonds and Lewis structures
Electronegativity
Electron pairs and bond angle
Molecular shape and the VSEPR model

Key Features
Point-and-click periodic table
Display of element attributes and structural calculations
Skeletal, Lewis, wireframe and space-filling models
Interactive real-time 3-D rotations
Online help, tutorial and fundamental structures chart.

Limitations:
Only a water molecule can be modeled in demo mode.