SMILES?!

You would think that by having a simple title like "SMILES" it would mean that my day was filled with smiles...alast, it was not...It was actually filled with lot of "FROWNS" as I was frowning while doing the assignment assigned to me by my KOS lecturer...Today, we learned stuff such as XML, PDB (which I had already learned last sem :P) and, of course, SMILES...

So you see, SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) is actually a line notation for molecules. SMILES strings include connectivity but do not include 2D or 3D coordinates. To obtain the SMILES for the molecular structures given by our madam, we had to first draw them in ChemSketch...It was an interesting experience...So, the pictures below are some of the SMILES that was done today, enjoy them :)

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So, that all for today...These SMILES maybe tough to do but they will be very important for the finals so I'm glad that I could do them (although it's not very good :p, well, at least I learned something new!). Thank you Madam for teaching us, see you next week for the quiz (PLEASE give us easy questions!)...take care everyone,wassalam...

KOS 1110: ChemSketch Class

It was said that life is truly meaningful if, and when, you learn a new thing everyday, may it be simple things or complicated stuffs...All that matters is that you've strive to achieve something new...Well, today I learned a very interesting yet kinda complicated computer program that allow users to draw chemical structures, etc.

As an overall summary, ACD/ChemSketch is the powerful all-purpose chemical drawing and graphics package that was developed to help chemists quickly and easily draw molecular structures, reactions, and schematic diagrams, calculate chemical properties, and design professional reports and presentations. In other, more simpler, words...it allows the user to draw and do cool stuff concerning chemistry :)

So, today I learned to do the following:
1. Drawing the energy of reaction diagram


2. Drawing the different kinds of orbitals


3. Drawing vacuum distillation apparatus


4. Drawing a two-chain DNA Strand


5. Drawing lipids and micelles


These are the pictures of the drawings I did with the program...Its not very beautiful, but I think as long as I, and everyone else, can kind of understand them, I think its ok enough...k, thats all for now,wassalam...