I am trying to put together a PowerPoint presentation that requires some organic chemistry structures. Is there an easy way to do this? Maybe some free software?

3 Responses to “How best to draw organic chemistry structures on the computer?”

1. Carborane on December 1st, 2008 11:34 am

   the best one to draw organic structures is called ChemDraw. they may have a trial version at
   it costs about $50 for an older academic version on their website. older version actually functions no difference, it is good enough even for me who taught in university. the newest version has some very fancy thing for research, not everyone likes to use those features.

2. niuchemist on December 3rd, 2008 7:49 am

   Chemdraw is the standard.

   There are a few free ones online. Chemsketch, for example.

3. Dark Lord Ebi on December 6th, 2008 2:24 pm

   You can use ChemDraw or Chem Office from CambridgeSoft. These are the best programs in this category and industry standards. A free trial can be downloaded from

   You can also find a lot of molecular drawings at Steve’s Place at That should almost do the trick.

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