


The Cornell Library has continued to annually invest in a site license for ChemDraw Professional for Windows and Macintosh. Overview of ChemDraw PerkinElmer Informatics (formerly CambridgeSoft) is a tool to create diagrams of chemical structures plus additional biological components. To assist you, we have created a summary of that process below, developed by starting at the vendor’s Institutional Subscriptions look-up site, for more information. Anyone in the Department is also welcome to use this non-Chemistry IT process. Instructions if you are outside the Chemistry Department Anyone outside of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology should follow the vendor’s standard download and licensing process. Txt file contains the activation code for both Windows and Mac installations. License ChemDraw Also from Chemistry IT’s restricted site, obtain the license key required during the installation of the above software: The *.exe file is for installing on a Windows computer.ĭmg file is for installing on a Mac.(service is hosted by Chemistry IT and restricted to Cornell community members).Download ChemDraw From Chemistry IT’s restricted site, you may download the current software for either Windows or Mac: Department members may alternatively use the vendor’s standard download and licensing process, explained further below. This method is optional for those in the Chemistry Department.Instructions if you are in the Cornell Chemistry Department This is only for people in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Chemistry Department), in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences. You can’t simply “upgrade” version 16 to version 17. Installing and using ChemDraw 17 requires both the software and a license key RECOMMENDATION: If you have version 16 already installed, remove it and replace it with version 17 using the below instructions.
