ACD/ChemSketch
ACD/ChemSketch is a chemically intelligent drawing interface that allows you to draw almost any chemical structure including organics, organometallics, polymers, and Markush structures. Use it to produce professional looking structures and diagrams for reports and publications.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Wine
ChemSketch has been discontinued. In January 2026, ACD/Labs was acquired by RS, who develop ChemDraw.
ACD/ChemSketch News & Activities
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Recent activities
- POX updated ACD/ChemSketch
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ChemSketch has been discontinued. In January 2026, ACD/Labs was acquired by RS, who develop ChemDraw
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ACD/ChemSketch information
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Proprietary and Free Personal product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license).Alternatives
18 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
What is ACD/ChemSketch?
ACD/ChemSketch is a chemically intelligent drawing interface that allows you to draw almost any chemical structure including organics, organometallics, polymers, and Markush structures. Use it to produce professional looking structures and diagrams for reports and publications.
Features Draw and view structures in 2D, or render in 3D to view from any angle Draw reactions and reaction schemes, and calculate reactant quantities Generate structures from InChI and SMILES strings Generate IUPAC systematic names for molecules of up to 50 atoms and 3 ring structures Predict logP for individual structures Search for structures in the built-in dictionary of over 165,000 systematic, trivial, and trade names
Comments and Reviews
ChemSketch has been discontinued. In January 2026, ACD/Labs was acquired by RS, who develop ChemDraw
It says here that the application is compatible with android. I just couldn't even run the downloaded file. I am afraid it is impossible to use this application in android shell absolutely. Is this true? Thank you.
[Edited by chimic, July 12]