XDrawChem 1.9.9 review
DownloadXDrawChem is a two-dimensional molecule drawing program for Unix operating systems.
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XDrawChem is a two-dimensional molecule drawing program for Unix operating systems.
It is similar in functionality to other molecule drawing programs such as ChemDraw.
It can read and write MDL Molfiles, and read ChemDraw text and binary files, to allow sharing between XDrawChem and other chemistry applications, and it can create images in popular formats like PNG and EPS
Here are some key features of "XDrawChem":
Fixed length, fixed angle drawing.
Automatic alignment of figures. Detects structures, text, and arrows and places them automatically.
Can automatically draw rings and other structures - has all standard amino acids and nucleic acids in built-in library.
Can retrieve structures from a network database based on CAS number, formula, or name. The data file (30 Mar 2005, comma-separated) is freely available.
Can draw symbols such as partial charge, radicals, etc.
Can read MDL Molfiles, CML [Chemical Markup Language, defined in J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci.39(1999), 928-942], ChemDraw(TM) binary format, ChemDraw(TM) XML text format.
Can write MDL Molfiles, CML, ChemDraw(TM) XML text format.
Can also read and write any format supported by the current release of OpenBabel.
Can export pictures in PNG, Windows bitmap (*.bmp), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).
Can generate 3-D structures with the help of the external program BUILD3D.
Online help, including tool tips.
13C-NMR prediction, based on Bremser W, Mag. Res. Chem.23(4):271-275
1H-NMR prediction, based on additive rules and functional group lookup methods, described in Pretsch, Clerc, Seibl, Simon, "Tables of Spectral Data for Structure Determination of Organic Compounds", 2ed., 1989, Springer-Verlag
Simple IR prediction.
Simple pKa estimation.
Octanol-water partition coefficient estimation.
Reaction analysis: gas-phase enthalpy change estimate, 1H NMR and 13C NMR comparison.
Integration with OpenBabel, allowing XDrawChem to read and write over 20 different chemical file formats.
What's New:
Worked on bug #1236716 and #1255229, regarding XDrawChem's rendering of text typed into the QTextEdit mini text editor.
Fixed bug #1254917, relating to segfaults when drawing symbols.
Updated database back-end to use data parsed from the
PubChem Compounds database, and updated XDrawChem to link to PubChem compound records where available.
Requirements:
ANSI C++ compiler (I use g++)
Qt 3.0 or later
OpenBabel 1.100.2 or later
Internet access is highly recommended, as several features (InChI and canonical SMILES output, database searches) depend on sevrer-based resources.
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