User`s guide

Drawing More Complex Structures

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4. A Cyclohexane button is now located and currently selected on the References toolbar on the

right side of the screen.

5. Repeat these steps for the Cyclopentane button

Note When you select new radicals from the Table of Radicals, the corresponding

buttons are automatically added to the References toolbar. To remove these

buttons from the References toolbar, double click on any of them or double click on

the References toolbar and choose Yes.

4.3 Using Ring Structures

1. Select the cyclopentane

button on the References toolbar on the right side. Click on the

screen to create a five-membered ring.

2. On the same toolbar, select the

icon. Now point the mouse arrow to highlight the

indicated bond,

and click to create the following structure:

3. Repeat these steps to create the following structure;

4. Click the Set Bond Vertically button

then click on the indicated bond

rotate the structure around this bond to obtain the following:

5. Click the Table of Radicals button on the References toolbar.

6. In the Table of Radicals window, select the carboxyl group

by clicking the

button.

7. Click on the atoms indicated in

to sprout carboxyl groups from them:

OHO

4.4 Deleting Atoms and Fragments