Molecular Modeling at St. Olaf College

RasMol/Chime

Installing and running RasMol and Chime on Macs and PCs. RasMol is an independently-running program that allows visualization of simple or complex molecules. Chime is an industry-standard browser plugin that allows you to manipulate molecules dynamically and animate reaction pathways using RasMol commands through your browser.

Computer Aided Chemistry

Installing and running CAChe on a St. Olaf computer.

Protein Investigator

A simple program you can use to investigate protein structure.

Molecular Origami

A PC-based system for exploring molecular structure.
Related Sites

MDL Chime Sample Sites

What others have done with Chime.

Okanagan University College Chime Database

Over 1100 molecules categorized with short descriptions of use and properties.

WebMolecules Database

Over 200,000 molecules. For this to work, you will need a VRML viewer. (Approximately 20 Mb disk space required.)