Table 1 - Molecular Visualization Tools

Software	Source	Features	Usage
ChemSketch	Freeware from ACD Laboratories	2D chemical structure drawing program with a large template collection of pre-built molecules Can export mol files for Chime/RasMol	Faculty and students Can copy/paste structures (or save as gif) into Word, PowerPoint, or html documents
Chime/RasMol	Both freeware - Chime from MDL RasMol from Bernstein Plus Sons	3D molecular rendering software with interactive multiple display modes and measurement capabilities (Chime operates as a browser software plug-in, RasMol is a stand alone application, 470 kB)	Faculty and students Can produce interactive web pages using Chime displays Animations of molecular motion and reaction mechanisms displayed with Chime
Spartan	Wavefunction Inc. (expensive) Faculty - full version Students - Student Edition available in computer labs	Molecular builder and research-level computational software Can export files for Chime/RasMol	Faculty and students Build and minimize energy of molecules Generate data for analysis Can produce avi file movies of animations
Odyssey	Wavefunction Inc. (reasonable?) Instructor's version	Molecular dynamics software - a systems approach to molecular motion and interactions	Faculty as demonstrations in class