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Vortex Script Interacting with MOE using SOAP

11 March 202311 October 2023 chris

In a earlier script we looked at using the command line tool sddesc from Chemical Computing Group to calculate a number of molecular descriptors and then import them

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Vortex script using Using OpenBabel fastsearch

11 March 202321 May 2024 chris

One thing I’ve needed to do a couple of times recently is give an idea of how many similar compounds are available to the set

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Vortex and Json import

11 March 202315 May 2023 chris

In a previous tutorial we made use of the Virtual Computational Chemistry Laboratory web service to calculate aLogP and LogS, both these results were returned in a

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Vortex script interacting with a web service

11 March 202325 April 2023 chris

In previous scripts we have generated data using a local Java program, C program, PERL script, and SVL program. In this tutorial rather than have

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Vortex Script to add 2D depiction of 3D structures

11 March 20237 May 2023 chris

This script is no longer needed since you can now add SMILES from the “Calculate Properties” option from the Tools menu. However, it is a

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Vortex script to Calculate molecular properties using MayaChemTools

11 March 202318 May 2023 chris

In previous scripts I’ve shown how to use a couple of command line applications to calculate physicochemical properties. In this tutorial we will use a

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A Review of ChemDraw 17

9 March 202326 October 2023 chris

ChemDraw is a very established chemical drawing package that probably sets the standard for publication quality chemical drawing. However, on the Mac platform in particular I

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ChemDraw Advanced User tips

9 March 202324 May 2023 chris

If you are a regular user of ChemDraw you may be aware of the keyboard shortcuts that enable to quickly enter chemical structures.In fact there

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Combining PDFs using an Automator Workflow

6 March 202318 May 2023 chris

Today I was sent a license agreement as a 6 page pdf file, I was asked to sign the document and send it back. All

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Preview Tips

6 March 202311 May 2023 chris

PDF seems to have become the standard for online distribution of publications, this is despite many obvious limitations. In particular from the point of view

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