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Bara Townsend
Discover how modern labs can streamline NMR, MS, chromatography, and IR workflows with web-based tools. Learn how Spectrus Processor JS can enable flexible, multi-technique chemical data analysis, reducing IT burden, improving efficiency, and letting scientists prioritize data interpretation and decision-making.

Bara Townsend
Predicting pKa isn’t just computational, it’s about understanding chemical behavior. Learn about the science behind pKa, how different pKa predictors work, and how ACD/Labs’ tools help chemists and regulators anticipate molecular behavior before synthesis or testing begins.

Sherry Myles
ChemSketch is the primary software module for many ACD/Labs programs and can be used to create reports with your spectral data (including NMR, LC/MS, and UV-IR). The software supports report templates for our specialized solutions such as Katalyst D2D, MetaSense, and Luminata; highlighting is applicability across different fields. ChemSketch allows users to produce high-quality figures...

Sherry Myles
A Markush structure represents a group of related chemical compounds, commonly used in patents, structural elucidation, metabolite identification, and mixture representation. It allows variations in substituents, positions, frequencies, and homologies, streamlining patent claims and ensuring broad protection. Learn how ChemSketch makes it easy to draw and enumerate Markush structures.

Sherry Myles
Learn how to use ChemSketch to create reaction mechanisms. This video focuses on adding lone pairs to atoms and drawing curly arrows, including using the arc functionality with different degrees of curvature and the arrow tool. We also cover how to add straight reaction arrows, using the Shift key for precise alignment, and how to...

Sarah Srokosz
Choosing the right NMR data analysis software is crucial for extracting meaningful insights from your experiments. Important factors to consider include compatibility with various data formats, advanced analysis capabilities, ease of use, deployment options, and customization potential. Carefully considering these aspects will help you choose the right software to streamline your workflows and improve data accuracy.

Sherry Myles
Over 2.5 million users have downloaded ChemSketch Freeware, the academic chemical drawing software from ACD/Labs Toronto, CANADA (April 9, 2024)—ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes software in support of digitalized R&D, today announced that ChemSketch Freeware has been downloaded by over 2.5 million users worldwide. This free version of ChemSketch, intended for academic...

Jesse Harris
Use ChemSketch to teach structure drawing. Teach students about stereochemistry, Lewis structures, nomenclature, and molecular properties. Create reports to share your work.