Automatic Drawing-Structures from Chemical Names

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In ChemDraw Ultra, you can draw a structure automatically from a chemical name, by using the Convert Name to Structure (Name=Struct) feature, a name interpreter.

ChemDraw Ultra Name=Struct recognizes most organic nomenclature. Most inorganic chemistry is also recognized, especially when the rules closely match those for organic chemistry.

The following are not supported:

• Coordination complexes
• Polyboranes
• Polymers
• Some highly-bridged ring systems, including fullerenes and porphyrins/porphines
• Some stereochemistry designators: +, -, +/-, +-, d, l, dl, endo, exo, syn, anti, r, t, c

Although some trade names are supported, Name=Struct is not intended to interpret trade or common names. A chemical database, such as chemfinder.com, is more appropriate for obtaining structures for trade or common names.

NOTE: Because the syntax of German is very similar to that of English, Name=Struct can also interpret many German names. Chemical names in other languages, however, will not generally be recognized.