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Physical Science 100

Molecular Models

Painkillers - More Complicated Molecules

What can you identify?

These molecules contain groups of atoms that we have seen before. Click on the buttons below to highlight some of the groups.



carbon hydrogen Oxygen  


Instructions for manipulating images.

To rotate the molecule, move the cursor inside the Jmol frame while holding down the left mouse button. To enlarge the molecule, move the cursor inside the Jmol frame, simultaneously shift and left click the mouse then drag the mouse downward; to reduce molecule size, shift-click and drag the mouse upward... To access a pop-up menu use the right button on a PC or do a command-click on a Mac while the cursor is inside the java frame. To measure a bond distance, double-click on two atoms. To measure a bond angle, do double-click, single-click, double-click on three atoms.
 
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