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ghutchis / avogadro

Avogadro is an advanced molecular editor designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas. It offers flexible rendering and a powerful plugin architecture.
http://avogadro.cc/
GNU General Public License v2.0
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impossible molecules #723

Closed ghutchis closed 8 years ago

ghutchis commented 10 years ago

Dear sirs, thank you for this program to visualize organic molecules for classes. But: It is possible to build "impossible" molecules! Like: a 5 membered ring of Nitrogens with triple bonds between each atom, something like "propidiine" with carbon with 6 valences..

Reported by: *anonymous

ghutchis commented 10 years ago

What's wrong with that? Many people may wish to explore strange chemistry, not just stable chemistry. Various computational packages show that these structures are of course, very high in energy. But we do not wish to limit imagination.

Original comment by: *anonymous