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Organic Chemistry On-Line Learning Center

JSMOL a free browser tool that allows you to INTERACTIVELY visualise and manipulate molecules in 3D using Javascript. The first time JSMOL is used in each session, it can sometimes be a little slow. Please be patient.

When using JSMOL by clicking and holding on the image with: 
  • the LEFT mouse button allows you to rotate the molecule about either the x and y axes
  • the LEFT mouse button and keyboard SHIFT and moving the mouse horizontally allows you to rotate about the z axis
  • the LEFT mouse button and keyboard SHIFT and moving the mouse vertically (or just use the mouse wheel) allows you to zoom in and out


    • Try it out on the image to the right.
     

Remember the NORMAL atom colour code:

Carbon, C grey Hydrogen, H white Oxygen, O red
Nitrogen, N blue Sulfur, S yellow Chlorin, Cl green
Fluorine, F gold Bromine, Br maroon Iodine, I purple
organic chemistry ©Dr. Ian Hunt, Department of Chemistry University of Calgary