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ACD/Labs’ Educational Software for Drawing Chemical Structures Achieves New Milestone

Sherry Myles Apr 9, 2024

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...

How to Draw Better Chemical Structures and Reactions with ChemSketch

Jesse Harris Feb 7, 2024

Drawing Effective Chemical Structures with ChemSketch Drawing the perfect chemical structures and reaction schemes is essential to scientific communication, whether preparing a patent or finishing a lab report. You want every angle and bond to look perfect, but you don’t want to spend hours fussing over every detail. Luckily, ChemSketch is here to help. This...

Advancing Chemistry Education with ChemSketch

Jesse Harris Sep 7, 2023

Drawing structures is one of the foundational skills in chemistry. See how ChemSketch supports better chemistry education.

ChemSketch Overview

Joel Michalski Jun 19, 2023

Do you need to draw chemical structures for your school, research, or work? ChemSketch has all the tools you need! Learn how to use ChemSketch with this introduction and tutorial. Learn how to draw carbon chains, add heteroatoms, rearrange structures, generate IUPAC names, and more. Learn more about ChemSketch, or download a free trial.

Cutting ‘pain points’ can streamline chemical reporting

Sherry Myles Aug 30, 2022

Jesse Harris offers advice on how to wrangle with a stressful, complicated process for better results and fewer headaches.

Five tactics for upgrading your reporting process

Sherry Myles Aug 23, 2022

Reporting is an unglamorous but necessary part of pharmaceutical and chemical research and manufacturing. Jesse Harris gives five key tactics for upgrading your reporting process.

The Secrets to Getting More Out of Your Chemical Drawing Software

Sherry Myles Jun 16, 2022

Are you getting the most out of your chemistry drawing software? Molecular drawing tools are essential for anyone researching or studying chemistry. From professors to pharmaceutical scientists, clear chemical communication is critical! How do you get more from your chemical drawing tools without spending more? Join Allyson Yee (Customer Success Coordinator) as she explores how ChemSketch’s...

How to Save Time and Increase the Accuracy of Your Chemical Reporting Process

Allyson Yee Apr 29, 2022

Reporting is an essential part of a chemist’s job, and can often be stressful. Luckily, tools are available to simplify and automate your documentation process. This article introduces reporting tools available in ACD/Labs software, and how they can help make your life a little easier.

Enhanced stereochemistry labels: advanced techniques for indicating stereoconfigurations

Charis Lam Jan 27, 2022

Chemical structure drawings include many conventions for indicating configurations, the simplest of which is probably the dashed and solid wedges convention; but there are some limitations it doesn’t fully resolve. Read on for further explanation.

Boost Your Biologics Research with Chemically Intelligent Software

Joel Michalski Oct 14, 2021

Biopharmaceuticals have boomed in recent years, with innovative researchers transforming complex biomolecules into effective therapeutics. Unfortunately, many of the common applications used by scientists do not meet the needs of this rapidly expanding R&D sector. Researchers need a chemically intelligent platform that understands the structure and properties of biochemical molecules. A vendor-neutral informatics environment will...

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