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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 8:50 PM

Who would like to see Linux versions of ChemDraw and Chem3D?

My work involves computational molecular modeling and data analysis on Linux and Windows, but my preferred OS is Linux (currently Linux Mint 20.3 Xfce, based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS).

Although I can use ChemAxon MarvinSketch on Linux, it would also be great to be able to use ChemDraw and Chem3D as native applications on Linux. Are there others in the group who would like to see Linux versions of ChemDraw and Chem3D?

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8 months ago

Dear Hypersphere,

I use Linux Mint too (e.g. System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-122-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0 
           Desk
           base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal )

However Linux Versions of ChemDraw or Chembiodraw and Chem3D will be too expensive for a compilation .

I use Wine  7.0 for ACD Labs e.g. chemsketch exe (windows application).

It works very well.

You can try to start the chemdraw exe with wine 7.0 (Wine 7.0 /win 10 ).

Good luck and I am waiting your feedback (It is for me interesting too)

JRG

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8 months ago

I send you some  ACD labs freeware pictures  (as above described /Wine 7.0 /windows 10/ acd labs freeware install.exe (no problem). Acd labs is better than Marvin sketch and is free of charge too.

I tested for you Ibuprofen (like in video /Marvin  homepage)

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@jeanrenegrezes​ 

According to my previous answer, I downloaded yesterday the ChemDraw Pro installer. After extracting  the COS21.0.0  exe, I started the installation of ChemOffice Plus. The installation was with Wine 7.0 /windows 10  problemless.

The drawing of my dye e.g. (code name 9CNPF)    e.g. 3,6-diaminoacridine-9-carbonitrile occurred problemless too and the 1H NMR estimation too.

However a very old little bug (see my previous reports about bugs) can be found in ChemDraw and Mestrec e.g. Mnova too. It is the solvent used in the NMR estimation . DMSO is wrong.

DMSO-d6 is right. This bug is still not fixed.

Another comments in due course

JRG

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Here a link for the installation of Wine 7 on

Linux mint 20.0x

https://techviewleo.com/how-to-install-wine-on-linux-mint/

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According to my post (see above) :

Mexstrec slight bug about DMSO  instead DMSO-d6.

As ex-referee, I saw this slight bug in articles where the NMR spectra were recorded with CS Chem NMR Pro or Mestrec/MNova 12

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When a scientist uses the ACD Labs full version, the  next picture shows the correct designation for the NMR solvents.

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@jeanrenegrezes​ 

Congratulations on getting ChemOffice to run on Linux Mint via Wine.

I have managed to get ACD/Labs ChemSketch to run on Linux Mint 21.1 Xfce (based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS) and Wine 6.

Unfortunately, I cannot get ChemOffice Pro 22 to run on this system. I have a legitimate license, but it is not accepted.

Update: I have finally been able to install ChemOffice 22.0 in Linux Mint 21.1 Xfce using Wine 6.03. First, I installed dotnet48 (using winetricks --force dotnet48), vb2015-2022 (using the installer provided by ChemOffice), wine gecko 32 and wine gecko 64. I then used the msi installer for ChemOffice 22.0 64-bit. For silent activation, I used an Activate.ini file containing my activation code. ChemDraw seems to run as expected. Chem3D runs with hardware graphics disabled, but not all features work.

Update2: I have also been able to update from ChemOffice 22.0 to ChemOffice 22.2 by copying the 22.2 msi installer to the same directory containing the 22.0 msi installer and running 22.2 via wine msiexec /i PerkinElmer_ChemOffice_Suite_x64.msi.

Again, Chem3D runs only partially, but ChemDraw seems to be fully functional. It is very nice indeed to be able to use ChemDraw directly in Linux!

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