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Jmol is a free, open source molecule viewer for students, educators, and researchers in chemistry and biochemistry. It is cross-platform, running on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux/Unix systems.

Acetic acid using CPK colors and spacefilled atoms.

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
Display of bounding box and axes of coordinates space. Note the transparency of the yellow halo around selected atoms.
The electrostatic potential of allene mapped onto a translucent surface
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An SN2 reaction animation with the distance measured between the chlorine and carbon atoms
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maxrempel
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3d Viewer for biological molecules such as DNA and proteins.

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Can access mdanalysis and write scripts in python.

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What is Jmol?

Jmol is a free, open source molecule viewer for students, educators, and researchers in chemistry and biochemistry. It is cross-platform, running on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux/Unix systems.

The JmolApplet is a web browser applet that can be integrated into web pages. The Jmol application is a standalone Java application that runs on the desktop. The JmolViewer is a development tool kit that can be integrated into other Java applications.