ChemSketch Download Area
ChemSketch provides access to ACD/Labs Online (I-Lab)
available to registered users on the Chemical Database Service I-Lab
server.
ChemSketch is a PC package which can
also be used to draw molecules, reactions, and schematic diagrams
and includes powerful optimization and 3D visualization tools.
Currently ChemSketch version 11 is available to CDS users.
New features and capabilities introduced in version 11 include:
- Interface changes, and new shortcuts and toolbar menus to streamline the workflow
- Improvements in graphical representation, including a NEW 'antialiasing' option for chemical structures
- Combined styles for American Chemical Society (ACS) journals and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) journals
- Implementation of an InChI key generator to comply with new IUPAC protocols
- Improved handling of coordination structures
- Augmented handling of images and files, including support of .PNG format
This download facility is only available to registered
CDS users based at UK Universities.