Chemistry

ChemCanvas – 2D chemical drawing tool

ChemCanvas is a chemical drawing tool.

You can draw organic chemical structures and reactions very easily and quickly.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Import from and export to SMILES, MDL Molefile, Marvin Document (MRV), ChemDraw XML (CDXML).
  • Save to PNG, SVG and Editable SVG.
  • Atom, Bond and other objects coloring support.
  • Aromaticy detection and add delocalization ring.

Website: github.com/ksharindam/chemcanvas
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Developer: Arindam Chaudhuri
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

ChemCanvas in action
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ChemCanvas is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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