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Copy and paste SMILES

Short answer: Click Copy SMILES to copy your structure as text. Click Paste SMILES to draw from a SMILES string. Right click for more formats like InChI and MOL.

Last updated · By the MolDraw team at LabCanvas

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  1. Select a molecule, or nothing for the whole canvas.
  2. Click Copy SMILES in the editor row.
  3. To draw from text, click Paste SMILES and paste the string.

More copy formats#

Right click and open Copy as. You get SMILES, InChI, InChIKey, MOL V2000, MOL V3000, CDXML, SVG, PNG, SLN, HELM, FASTA and BILN.

Tip

Ctrl+C copies an SVG picture. Paste it straight into Word or PowerPoint.

To learn SMILES, read the SMILES notation guide.

Questions and answers

How do I get the SMILES of my drawing?

Click Copy SMILES in the editor row.

Can I paste a MOL file?

Yes. Copy the MOL text and click Paste.