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vanderson 44 karma
Researcher ·

Rank conformers by potential energy.

Excellent changes. The program is a great help to my students. A suggestion for improvement would be to include the energies of the generated conformers (from most to least stable). Currently, they are only listed.

vanderson 44 karma
Researcher ·

MolDraw turns –SH into SH5 when I add a charge —

Hi, I’m using MolDraw and noticed something odd. On a benzene ring with an –SH group, the + and – charge tools turn it into SH₅⁺ or SH₅⁻. I’d expect something like R–SH₂⁺ or R–S⁻. With –OH the tool works as expected (O⁻ and H₂O⁺), so it seems like an issue with how the charge tool handles sulfur. Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

Ayhomgenius99 24 karma
Student ·

The AI ​​feature is not working on the website.

This is a fantastic site, but I’m having trouble getting the AI ​​feature to work. Even though I entered the API key from Google AI Studio, it simply won't function. What is the solution?

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Luca Folegnani 60 karma
Student ·

A few bugs I’ve noticed, plus a suggestion for square brackets

Hi again! Sorry for being a bit of a nuisance with all these reports. I’ve been using MolDraw a lot and have come across a few more things I wanted to flag: 1) Community replies disappearing I’ve tried accessing the community from several devices, and sometimes replies under threads appear briefly after refreshing the page, then disappear about two seconds later. 2) Copy and paste adding unexpected elements Sometimes pasting adds a molecule that has nothing to do with what I’m drawing, as shown in the first screenshot. I’ve also had unwanted elements appear instead of the content I intended to copy. It happens intermittently, so I haven’t found a consistent way to reproduce it yet. 3) Eraser removing nearby elements Sometimes a direct click with the eraser removes nearby elements that I wasn’t trying to erase (clicking and dragging seems to work as expected), I’ve only noticed this problem with individual clicks. 4) Square brackets In the second screenshot, some parts of the molecule extend outside the brackets. Plus, would it be possible to add freely adjustable square brackets without the polymer “n” subscript? They would be useful for drawing transition states and enclosing intermediates. Sorry again for the flood of messages! I’m really enjoying the web app! It looks great, and I appreciate all the work you’re putting into it. Thanks for taking the time to look into these!

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Luca Folegnani 60 karma
Student ·

Idea: Aligning reaction arrows horizontallyDone

Hi, I’m really enjoying MolDraw! Is there a way to align multiple reaction arrows so they’re all at the same height? If this is already possible, could you explain how to do it? Otherwise, it would be a useful feature for keeping reaction schemes tidy. Thanks for all your work on the site!

Luca Folegnani 60 karma
Student ·

Bug: some elements after exporting in svg are not aligned

Hi, I’ve noticed that some letters in text labels and the hydrogen labels in amine groups shift slightly upwards when I export the drawing. Thanks for your help!

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Luca Folegnani 60 karma
Student ·

Bug: “Filled” arrowheads are drawn as “Open”Done

Hi, I’m having an issue with arrowhead styles. The arrowhead remains open, even though the panel shows “Filled”, when I reopen the Arrow tool, the setting also returns to “Open”. This happens repeatedly with newly drawn arrows, the attached screenshot shows “Filled” selected alongside arrows with open heads. Could you check whether this is a bug or whether there’s another setting I need to change? Thanks!

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