This page was created for our organic chemistry students (Chemistry 351) who might prefer using the computer to a physical model set. However, we hope others will also enjoy using it.

Below are a variety of instructional molecules that can be viewed if you have installed either RasMol or Chemscape Chime as a plug-in viewer in your web browser. At the bottom of the page are links to some other RasMol and Chime sites.

These molecules can be Interactively sized and rotated.

Most of these molecules can be viewed best by using the "Sticks" option under the Display menu.
Have Fun !!!

Organic Molecules

Alkanes

• methane
• ethane eclipsed
• ethane staggered
• butane eclipsed (0)
• butane gauche (60,300)
• butane eclipsed (120,240)
• butane anti (180)
• hexane - all anti

Cycloalkanes C3-C5

• cyclopropane
• cyclobutane folded
• cyclobutane planar
• cyclopentane envelope
• cyclopentane half-chair

Cyclohexane Chair

• cyclohexane chair
• cyclohexane axial H coded
• cyclohexane equatorial H coded
• .....Compare axial and equatorial H's side by side (requires Chime)
• methylcyclohexane equatorial
• methylcyclohexane axial
• 1,3-dimethylcyclohexane (1,3-diaxial)
• .....View chair, boat and twist boat side by side (requires Chime)

Cyclohexane Boat

• cyclohexane boat
• methylcyclohexane equatorial/boat
• methylcyclohexane axial/boat
• 1,4-dimethylcyclohexane boat (bowsprit/flagpole)
• cyclohexane twist boat

Polycyclic and Bridged Hydrocarbons

• bicyclo[1.1.0]butane
• bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (norbornane)
• bicyclo[2.2.2]octane
• adamantane
• cubane
• dodecahedrane
• buckminsterfullerane (bucky ball)
• bicyclo[3.3.0]octane (cis octalin)
• bicyclo[4.4.0]decane (trans decalin)
• bicyclo[4.4.0]decane (cis decalin)

Alkenes

• cis 2-butene
• trans 2-butene
• .....View cis and trans side by side (requires Chime)
• cyclopentene
• cyclohexene
• trans cyclooctene
• norbornene

Aromatics

• benzene

Alcohols and Ethers

• ethanol
• diethyl ether

Aldehydes, Ketones and Esters

• acetaldehyde
• acetone
• cyclohexanone
• cyclohexenone
• methyl acetate

Single Chiral Center - 2 Stereoisomers

• (R)-1-chloro-1-fluoro-1-iodomethane
• (S)-1-chloro-1-fluoro-1-iodomethane
• .....view both enantiomers side by side (requires Chime)

Two Chiral Centers with no Plane of Symmetry - 4 Stereoisomers

• (1S,2R)-1-fluoro-1-iodo-2-chloro-2-iodoethane
• (1R,2S) enantiomer of (1S,2R)/ diastereomer of (1S,2S) and (1R,2R)
• (1S,2S)-1-fluoro-1-iodo-2-chloro-2-iodoethane
• (1R,2R) enantiomer of (1S,2S)/ diastereomer of (1S,2R) and (1R,2S)
• ..... view all four isomers side by side (requires Chime)

Two Chiral Centers with a Plane of Symmetry - 3 Stereoisomers

• meso (1R,2S)-1,2-dichloro-1,2-diiodoethane
• (1R,2R) diastereomer of meso / enantiomer of (1S,2S)
• (1S,2S) diastereomer of meso / enantiomer of (1R,2R)
• ..... view all three isomers side by side (requires Chime)

Natural Products

• atropine
• beta-D-glucopyranose
• caffeine
• camphor
• cholesterol
• morphine
• quinine

Chime/RasMol Sites Related to this One

Small Biomolecules
(including nucleic acids, amino acids, coenzymes, metabolic intermediates, and carbohydrates)

• Klotho List
  • After you select a compound, go to the very bottom of the page and select "interactive viewer."

This page is maintained by Prof. Donald L. Pavia (pavia@chem.wwu.edu).
Molecules were constructed using Alchemy III and translated to .pdb format using Babel
or they were created using Spartan '04 for Windows and saved in .pdb format..