Chime and RasMol

A very interesting way to represent molecules on computer screens is with rotatable images using   programs such as RasMol and Chime (the "ch" is pronounced with a hard "k" sound like in chemistry). For more information about those programs you can link to the RasMol Home Page maintained by Eric Martz of the University of Massachusetts at http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/index.html. Chime is a program from MDL Information Systems, Inc., that allows these images to be manipulated by the viewer. To use Chime you need to have a browser plug-in that can be downloaded from http://www.mdli.com/download/chime. To see some of these images I recommend that you download and install Chime and then look at the site called Gallery of Chime Molecules created by Dave Woodcock at Okanogan University College in British Columbia at http://www.jbpub.com/organic-online/chime/mols/index.htm. Pick any of the molecules listed that are of interest to you. When you have the image, you can alter its display and orientation by right-clicking on the image and then selecting the options you want.  There are also example molecules on the RasMol Home Page, included are some biomolecules like DNA that you may find interesting.

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