
Draw aliphatic molecules from formaldehyde to longer chains, apply substitutions, convert terminal carbons to oxygen or cooh, and build palmitic acid using the draw chain feature.
Draw cyclic aliphatic molecules with ACDChemSketch, including cyclopropane, cyclohexane, and cyclopentane, and apply text, subscripts, superscripts, and substituent features. Explore cyclohexanone, cyclohexenone, alpha beta unsaturation, UV spectroscopy, and Michael reactions.
Learn to draw aromatic molecules using ACDChemSketch, creating benzene derivatives like phenol and aniline. Explore fused rings such as naphthalene and learn to copy structures with square area or lasso.
master lasso selection to isolate closely placed aromatic rings, such as benzene, and explore templates for pentalene, indene, naphthalene, picene, and pyrimidine while adjusting benzimidazole double bonds.
Learn to draw chiral molecules using wedge and dash representations and sketch a polycyclic molecule, and explore Thalidomide's R and S isomers and their contrasting effects on pregnancy health.
Utilize template features to draw DNA/RNA kits, AMP molecules, antibodies, lipid membranes, DNA replication processes, and reaction symbols; paste into PowerPoint or Word to edit and illustrate.
Learn to draw equilibrium arrows of different lengths in ACDChemSketch by adjusting arrowhead shapes, duplicating arrows, and setting individual heights through object properties.
Learn to draw a reaction scheme with reactants and product, using a reaction arrow and plus sign, and note reaction conditions and reactant details in ACDChemSketch.
Learn how to generate IUPAC names from chemical structures using ACDChemSketch, and understand the unambiguous role of IUPAC names in representing each unique structure.
Draw atorvastatin using ACDChemSketch and templates for D-mannose. Apply SMILES to generate structures, draw equilibrium arrows, and illustrate radical or nucleophilic mechanisms, and calculate benzaldehyde properties.
Learn to import a 2D drawn molecule into 3D using the ACD 3D viewer, after sketching in ACDChemSketch, and preview the structure in 3D.
Master 3D molecule visualization by selecting atoms, rotating in 3D, moving and zooming in the ACD3D viewer, using Atorvastatin as an example to compare 3D and 2D structures.
Draw the water molecule, import it into a 3d viewer, optimize it, and calculate the oh bond length of 0.96 angstrom and hoh angle around 104 degrees, illustrating lone-pair repulsion.
Study cis- and trans-1,2-dibromoethene by computing bond lengths and angles during 3d optimization. Compare carbon–bromine and carbon–carbon distances (about 1.873 and 1.34 Å) with literature values, and examine dihedral angles.
Course name: Chemistry: Structure Drawing Masterclass
Eligibility: K12, B. Pharm., M. Pharm., BSc. or MSc. in Chemistry/Pharmacy or equivalent
Course duration: 3 hours 20 mins
Course offered by: Boosted Learning
What will students learn in your course? / Learning Objectives
This course is aimed at imparting skills on use of structure drawing tools that are essential for student or researcher involved in the area of chemistry.
After successful completion of this course, the participants will be able to use these software(s) for drawing 2D and 3D (dimensional) chemical structures.
To be able to write complex reaction schemes, reaction mechanisms, use different templates, reaction symbols and arrows, smartly and efficiently.
To be able to generate IUPAC names, retrieve information about physical properties, compute 3D geometrical properties and using it to create reports in MS Word.
Toral Assignments: 2
Contents:
Module 1 (2 hours 40 mins)
ACD ChemSketch software: Introduction, download and installation process, Drawing various chemical structures (acyclic, cyclic, polycyclic, heterocyclic), name generation from structures, conversion of name of molecule into its structure, calculation of physical properties such as density, molecular weight, molecular formula, refractive index from structural formula, bond angles, bond lengths, dihedral angles, etc.
Learning outcomes: After successful completion of this module candidate will be able to use ACD ChemSketch for generation and processing of simple and complex chemical structures.
Module 2 (40 mins)
3D Viewer software: Introduction, download and installation process, 3D structures of molecules, various 3D structure models, conversion of 2D structure into 3D structure, File extensions, Cartesian coordinates, Dihedral angles,
Learning outcomes: After successful completion of this module candidate will be able to study three dimensional properties of molecules which are highly useful in prediction of their chemical/ physical properties and can be applied in advanced research work.
Salient features of certificate course:
Theory and practical sessions for better understanding.
Lectures include the entire process which also involves downloading and installation of these software(s).
Hands on training on these software(s).
At end of course candidate will be able to use these open-source software’s independently for their work.
A certificate will be issued to the successful candidates