chemical formulae program
Hi,
I wonder if anyone has any ideas for a freeware program that would allow me to construct chemical formulae (basically 2-dimensional, with bars representing bonds----this isn't a very technical, articulate description, there is a name for this type of representation, but I forget the name----essentially what you'd frequently find in chemistry textbooks). I'd like a program that would allow me to construct simple representations and then clip them for use in word documents and PowerPoint presentations. I'd appreciate any help you might give.
Thanks, John

I think you're looking for a typesetting program that can display carbon rings and double bonds on paper. I use Latex (available for Windows and Linux) for mathematical typesetting. This pdf document describes how to use it to typeset chemical formulae:
http://portal.mytum.de/onlinehelp/renderformat/latex/chemtex
http://jmol.sourceforge.net/
This looks promising, might take a bit to figure out..
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