Hi. Wanted to start off by saying that I've been using molview.org for more than 3 years now. It was a great tool in my organic chemistry classes and now it's been a tremendous help at the lab I work at.
Currently, I'm using MolView to add trimethylsilyl (TMS) groups to certain compounds in order to quickly retrieve a formula of a TMS derivative for that compound. It's quick and easy since all I have to do is search for a compound, replace the hydrogen on an alcohol group with Si, and then click the Si three times to add the methyl groups.
However, I noticed that when the groups are too close to another atom, instead of adding methyl groups, bonds begin to form when I click the atom instead. Below is an example: in the first image, 2/3 methyl groups have been added. Upon clicking to add the 3rd, a bond is made instead.
I recognize that this is a feature, not a bug, and that it doesn't seem like the most inconvenient thing in the world. However, when I'm "derivatizing" a complicated compound, it becomes cumbersome to manually hold and position the methyl groups. I also know that MolView is now deprecated, but thought this might be helpful in case anyone picks up this project in the future.
Hi. Wanted to start off by saying that I've been using molview.org for more than 3 years now. It was a great tool in my organic chemistry classes and now it's been a tremendous help at the lab I work at.
Currently, I'm using MolView to add trimethylsilyl (TMS) groups to certain compounds in order to quickly retrieve a formula of a TMS derivative for that compound. It's quick and easy since all I have to do is search for a compound, replace the hydrogen on an alcohol group with Si, and then click the Si three times to add the methyl groups.
However, I noticed that when the groups are too close to another atom, instead of adding methyl groups, bonds begin to form when I click the atom instead. Below is an example: in the first image, 2/3 methyl groups have been added. Upon clicking to add the 3rd, a bond is made instead.
I recognize that this is a feature, not a bug, and that it doesn't seem like the most inconvenient thing in the world. However, when I'm "derivatizing" a complicated compound, it becomes cumbersome to manually hold and position the methyl groups. I also know that MolView is now deprecated, but thought this might be helpful in case anyone picks up this project in the future.