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4. point 5. click
11.Double-click the atom.
Next, add a second bond:
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6. Continue pointing to atom C2.
7. Click the atom to add a bond.
10.point
11.double-click
6. point 7. click
Now, change the single bond into a double bond:
12.Type a capital O in the textbox that appears.
To close the textbox, click in an empty area of
the window, press Enter, or click the ActiveX
control to select another tool.
8. Point to C2 and hold the mouse button down.
9. Drag from C2 to C4 over the existing single
bond.
Release the mouse button.
12. type
8. point 9. drag
Next, add labels to the structure. Atom labels can be
added in several ways. One way is illustrated below.
10.Point to the atom shown below.
13.Click outside the Structure box to complete the
structure drawing.
Now that you have drawn acetone in the structure
box, you are ready to perform a search.
NOTE: See the Tutorials in the ChemDraw User’s
Guide for more information on drawing in
ChemDraw.
Searching for the Structure in
ChemFinder
The Search menu offers a number of options. Since
you would like to view all records in the database
containing molecules that have a propane
substructure, you should make sure that the
Substructure option is selected in the Search menu,
and the Similarity option is not selected. These
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Performing a Structure Search