User guide

1. Click one of the Cyclohexane Chair Ring tools.
2. Click+drag in the structure to the orientation you want.
Figure 3.2: a)Horizontal orientation; b)Vertical orientation.
Aromatic structures
Delocalized rings
You can draw a resonance delocalized ring using any ring tool except for the cyclohexane chairs.
1. Click a ring tool.
2. Press the CTRL key and drag or click in the document window.
Resonance structures
You can draw cyclopentadiene or benzene in multiple versions:
The double bonds in the cyclopentadiene or benzene ring tools can be drawn in either of two forms. Normally, the first
bond drawn is a double bond. This is the orientation indicated on the cyclopentadiene and benzene Ring tool pointers.
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