A focus on control and creativity

ChemDoodle’s main focus is to draw chemical structures, and it does that well. You can create graphics in ChemDoodle that you cannot match in any other program. Whether using the Optimize Zone, or changing stroke styles, or searching with the MolGrabber widget, you will see that ChemDoodle has the best tools for creating chemical graphics.

Intuitive Controls

ChemDoodle’s drawing controls are made to clearly model the atoms and bonds they manage. Copious visual feedback is provided. And if you don’t like how to use some of the drawing tools, there are probably options to change them to your preference.

24 Bond Types

24 different bond types are provided to create any type of chemical representation. No other program compares.

Superior Bond Graphics

Bond graphics will join into each other and merge to create the most aesthetic figures.

Stroke styling

Choose from 7 different stroke styles to add a bit of character to your figures. Perfect for use in group meetings and in presentations.

Publishing Style Sheets

ChemDoodle comes with preset publishing style sheets including ACS Document 1996 to easily create figures for publications.

Clean Structures

Complex algorithms have been implemented to automatically lay out chemical structures aesthetically.

Cheminformatics Functions

Quickly access powerful functions to help modify your graphics: saturation, Kekulization, label expansion, ring perception, distance geometry embedding, and more.