ChemDraw

Developer(s)	PerkinElmer
Stable release	22.2 / February 22, 2023; 11 months ago (2023-02-22)
Operating system	macOS, Microsoft Windows
Type	Scientific
License	Proprietary
Website	ChemDraw on PerkinElmer website

ChemDraw is a molecule editor first developed in 1985 by Selena "Sally" Evans, her husband David A. Evans, and Stewart Rubenstein^[1][2] (later by the cheminformatics company CambridgeSoft). The company was sold to PerkinElmer in the year 2011.^[3] ChemDraw, along with Chem3D and ChemFinder, is part of the ChemOffice suite of programs and is available for Macintosh and Microsoft Windows.

Features of ChemDraw 12.0

• Chemical structure to name conversion
• Chemical name to structure conversion
• NMR spectrum simulation (¹H and ¹³C)
• Mass spectrum simulation
• Structure cleanup
• Draw ligand Structure
• An extensive collection of templates, including style templates for most major chemical journals.
• Export to SVG
• Export to PDF (Mac Version only)

File format

The native file formats for ChemDraw are the binary CDX and the preferred XML-based CDXML formats. ChemDraw can also import from, and export to, MOL, SDF, and SKC chemical file formats.

Plugins

SDK for ChemDraw enables third-party developers to write plugins. For example, - Quick HotKey helps to set up HotKeys in interactive mode, instead of manually editing of text file. The Plugin site appears to have been abandoned.