Molecular Structures
Various Organic Molecules
Simple Structures
: Methane; Ethane; Propane
Saturated six-membered rings
: chair; boat; twist boat; methyl cyclohexane
Unsaturated rings
: cyclohexene; 1,3 cyclohexadiene; 1,4 cyclohexadiene; benzene; trans-cyclo octene
Fused rings
: trans-decalin; cis-decalin; bicyclo [2.2.2] octane; bicyclo [2.2.1] heptane (norbornane); adamantane
Other rings
: cyclo pentane; cyclo heptane; cyclo octa diene
Other molecules
: biphenyl; glucose; buckminsterfullerene (C60); C70
Arachidonic Acid
Nucleic Acids
DNA helix
Two strands
Bases and Backbone
End view
CPK view
DNA dynamics
and a
2.6 ps simulation
DNA and RNA bases
Watson-Crick base pairs
Sugars
Backbone
Genetic Code
Amino Acids
1.0 ps simulation of crambin
Miscellaneous
Some of David Wales' Rearrangements
Alkane Conformations Competition
Molecule of the Month
(Bristol University)
Java visualisation of molecules
Credits
An earlier version of this page was included on the CD-Rom accompanying
issue 6 of
Chemical Communications
1997.
© 1996-2001 J M Goodman, Cambridge.
