CCL: Chemsitry Structure Drawing Tools in Linux environment

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 I took most of the Ubuntu packages listed for a test drive, and found I liked
 ChemTool the best for making 2D chemical drawings, esp. the interface to xfig
 for markup.
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 > From: "Barry Hardy barry.hardy*o*vtxmail.ch"
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 Subject: CCL: Chemsitry Structure Drawing Tools in Linux environment
 Hello Parthi,
 I have used BKChem for several years for publication-quality structural drawings
 without much of a problem. It is platform-independent because it is based on
 Python.  Some distributions, such as Debian and Ubuntu, include it in their
 repositories, but you can also download it > from: http://bkchem.zirael.org/
 It can produce nice EPS, PNG and PDF images and its main drawback is that it
 cannot export to TIFF format, that some journals prefer.  It can also export to
 OpenOffice Draw format, so it gives you a lot of flexibility about how to
 incorporate drawings into your manuscript.
 Hope this helps.
 Victor
 You can also try ChemTool, EasyChem and XDrawChem, all available from the Ubuntu
 repositories.
 2011/10/5 parthiban srinivasan coparthi[]reverseinformatics.com<http://reverseinformatics.com>;
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 Dear Members
 We would like to move from WNIDOWS to LINUX platform.
 As you may know that the Chemistry structure drawing tools, viz ChemDraw  and
 ISIS Draw, which are supported only by WINDOWS and not by LINUX.  We would like
 to know the possibilities of working with these softwares in linux environment.
 Alternately, are there any equivalent softwares available in the market which
 have all the features similar to ChemDraw and ISISDraw.
 Thank you very much in advance for your replies.
 Best regards
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