Moleculix Junior is an application allowing anyone building and interacting with small (organic) molecules.
The program has currently only been tested on the Microsoft Windows desktop.
Screen shot of a home built Ethanol molecule.
Features
Interactively build simple molecules
Learn the valence structure of different elements
Practice spatial abilities by rotating molecular structures around individual chemical bonds and in 3D space
Learn why some molecules have bent structures (H2O) and some are straight (CO2)
Brief help for using and installing the preview
It should be said that this preview is for you who are willing to do some testing of software in development, i.e. somewhat premature stuff.
Find below a short list of what you can do, and not do with the preview.
Help and info list for the Preview
Install the program by clicking on the setup program that you can download from this page. Click on the blue button below to download the setup program.
After you have installed the program, a simple screen should appear, similar to the image above
Add atoms by clicking on the buttons at the bottom of the application
Atoms are placed randomly in a three dimensional (3D) space
Move atoms in space by (left) clicking on them and simply move them around by the mouse
Clicking in an empty space, and moving around the mouse, causes the Camera view to change.
Repeatedly changing the camera angle, and moving an atom with the mouse, allow an effective movement of an atom in the depth dimension in space.
Small red spheres next to an atom indicate free valence electrons, available to form bonds with other atoms
Small blue spheres next to an atom indicate lone valence electron pairs
When an atom is in bond vicinity of another atom, a visual indicator is shown, allowing you to create a bond (blue indicator), or a double bond (red indicator). The bond will be created if the indicator is visible and you release the atom
If you click on a single chemical bond, a slide bar becomes visible, allowing you to rotate the structure about the bond
You can reset the camera (zoom) by clicking on the screen by the right mouse button
Clear the work area by clicking on the “Clear” button
Preview Limitations
This version of Moleculix Junior is a preview. As such, many features are disabled and certain limitations are present.
Below is a list of disabled features and limitations.
The embedded database containing molecular structures are disabled
Saving your model to the database, and or file, is disabled
The periodic system is disabled
Kinetic motion of electrons, atoms and molecules are disabled
The help system is disabled
Deletion of bonds, by mouse double click, is not working properly
The preview will stop working on May 1st 2015
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ChangeLog – Version 0.6.2
