ChemSketch: How to draw H-bonds

Description

Hydrogen bonds are often represented as dashed or special coordinating bonds between donor and acceptor atoms. ChemSketch provides coordinating/dashed bond tools and also supports creating custom dashed lines via the drawing tools.

Solution

1. In Structure mode, draw the molecules that are going to be H-bonded.
2. On the Structure toolbar, click the bottom right corner of Coordinating [Arrow] Bonds to open the expanded menu. Click Coordinating [Dashed] Bonds .

3. Click and drag to draw a dashed line between the atoms.

Alternatively, the user can draw a dashed line between the atoms manually.

1. In Draw mode, draw a straight line .
2. Click Select/Move/Resize , and double-click the line to open the Objects panel.
3. On the Pen tab, select the Style drop-down box and choose the dashed line style.
4. Click Apply and close the Objects panel.