[lespaul]

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone know of a portal where you can download jmol files - namely .mol?

I've found several .mol scattered all over the internet by doing a google search limited to .mol - but it there a central database that anyone knows of?

Im still very new to jmol and will eventually create them from scratch.

thanks

[the.khemist.ds]

Hi,

.mol files are actually just simple chemical structure files that can be created in any chemical drawing package eg. ChemDraw, ChemSketch, and AccelrysDraw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_table_file). One possible source for mol files is ChemSpider (amongst other places) - below the structure displayed in each record is a Save button which lets you save the structure as a mol file. In most cases you'll find that the molfiles are 2D Structures rather than 3D.

Dave