ChemWriter

User Guide

Keyboard

Hover an atom then press:

a
Benzene ("Aromatic") Ring
b
Boron
c
Carbon
f
Fluorine
h
Hydrogen
i
Iodine
l
Chlorine
o
Oxygen
p
Phosphrous
q
Increase charge
r
Bromine
s
Sulfur
t
Tin
w
Decrease charge
z
Silicon
Delete

Drawing Buttons

Select a feature after pressing a button:

a
Selects a group of atoms with a freeform lasso.
b
Deletes a group of atoms with a freeform lasso.
D
Sprouts one explicit hydrogen atom for each virtual hydrogen on a single atom or group selected with a freeform lasso.
c
Draws a single bond. Increases bond order of existing bonds.
d
Draws a wedge bond. Flips orientation of existing wedge bonds.
e
Draws a hash bond. Flips orientation of existing hash bonds.
f
Draws a squiggle bond, representing unknown stereochemistry. Flips orientation of existing squiggle bonds.
g
Changes any pressed bond to a stereochemically ambiguous double bond.
n
Increases charge on atom.
o
Decreases charge on atom.
C
Advances the radical state on an atom through doublet (monoradical), singlet (diradical), and triplet (diradical).
p
Increases isotope on atom. Resets to natural abundance after highest available isotope.

Command Buttons

q
Reverts the last edit.
r
Re-applies the last undone edit.
s
Clears canvas area. Can be undone.
t
Copy, paste & edit Document data.
u
Center and auto-scale view.
v
Version, release, and copyright information.
w
Enlarge to fit browser window.