Avogadro/C2/Edit-molecules/English
Visual Cue | Narration |
Title Slide | Warm greetings everyone.
Welcome to this tutorial on Edit molecules. |
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Learning Objectives |
In this tutorial, we will learn to-
Add and delete atoms Add and delete bonds Rotate bonds Change length of the bond Change hydrogen to methyl group Copy, paste and join structures. |
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System Requirement |
Here I am using
Ubuntu Linux OS version. 14.04 Avogadro version 1.1.1. |
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Pre-requisties You should be familiar with,
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To follow this tutorial, you should be familiar with:
Avogadro interface.
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Here I will show how to open Avogadro using the Terminal. | |
Press CTRL+ALT+T keys simultaneously. | To open the terminal press CTRL, ALT and T keys simultaneously. |
Type avogadro at the prompt, press enter. | Type avogadro at the prompt and press enter.
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Cursor on the Panel | For demonstration, I will display a molecule of n-butane from the Fragment library. |
Click on Build menu.
Navigate to Insert->Fragment Insert fragment dialog box appears. |
Click on Build menu.
Navigate to Insert->Fragment Insert fragment dialog box appears. |
Point to Insert Fragment dialog box
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From the list of fragments, double click on alkanes folder to open.
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Close Insert Fragment dialog box | Click on Insert button.
Click on X to close Insert Fragment dialog box. |
Point to Butane molecule | Butane molecule highlighted in blue color appears on the Panel.
To remove the highlighting, Press Ctrl, Shift and A keys simultaneously. |
Point to the navigation tool. | Rotate the structure using Navigation tool to get proper alignment. |
Cursor on the molecule | We will now learn how to add atoms to the molecule. |
Click on Draw tool icon. | Click on Draw tool icon on the tool bar. |
Click on end carbon atom, drag on the Panel.
Point to molecule. |
Click on end Carbon atom and drag on the Panel.
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Point to molecule. | We now have a molecule of pentane on Panel.
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Point to Draw tool. | Open a new window.
Draw propane using Draw tool. |
Cursor on the molecule. | Let us delete the end Carbon atom with hydrogens to get a molecule of Ethane. |
Click on the Selection tool icon | To delete atoms, click on the Selection tool icon on the tool bar. |
Cursor on the end carbon atom | Click and drag over the end Carbon atom to make the selection.
Selected atoms appears blue in color. |
Press Backspace to delete.
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Press Backspace to delete.
To redo, press Ctrl and Z keys simultaneously. |
Cursor on the molecule | We will demonstrate on how to add and delete bonds in a molecule. |
Select the Draw tool icon
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To add bonds select the Draw tool icon on the tool bar.
Draw Settings menu open on the left. |
Point to Element drop down list.
Point to Bond Order drop down. |
By default Carbon is selected in Element drop down list.
To introduce a double bond select Double from Bond Order drop down. |
Cursor on the Bond between C-1 and C-2 | Click on the bond between C-1 and C-2 to convert it to a double bond.
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Select Triple from bond order.
Click on the bond. |
To convert double bond into a triple bond, select Triple from Bond Order.
Click on the bond. |
Hold the right mouse button and click on the bonds.
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To delete bonds, hold the right mouse button and click on the bonds.
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Let's rejoin the molecules. | |
Select Carbon from draw tool settings | Click on Carbon of one molecule, drag and click on carbon of other molecule. |
Cursor on the Panel | We can rotate bonds and change bond lengths using Bond Centric Manipulation tool. |
Cursor on Bond Centric Manipulation tool | Click on Bond Centric Manipulation tool on the tool bar. |
Bond Centric Manipulate settings appears | Bond Centric Manipulate settings menu opens on the left. |
Cursor on Bond Centric Manipulate settings | By default, Show Angles and Snap-to Bonds are checked.
Snap-to Threshold set to 100(10 degree).
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Cursor on the Bond | To show angles, click on the bond between two atoms. |
We need to fix the plane of rotation of the bonds. | |
Cursor on the Bond.
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To fix the plane you want, click on the bond and move upwards or downwards.
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Click on atom, move. | To Rotate, click on one of the atoms and move.
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Click on atom with right mouse button | To change length of the bond hold the right mouse button and drag. |
Cursor on molecule | Now we will show how to change Hydrogens to methyl groups. |
Click on Build menu. | Click on Build menu and click on Change H To Methyl. |
Point to molecule | All Hydrogens are now replaced by Methyl groups.
Press CTRL and Z keys simultaneously to undo the changes. |
Cursor on the Panel. | We can also select a particular hydrogen atom and change it to a methyl group. |
Click on selection tool | Click on Selection tool icon on the tool bar |
Click on the hydrogen. | Click on the hydrogen attached to end carbon atom to select. |
Go to Build menu, click on Change H to Methyl.
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Go to Build menu and click on Change H to Methyl.
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Press Ctrl+Shift+A. | To deselect, Press Ctrl, Shift and A keys simultaneously. |
Let us take a look as how to copy, paste and join structures. | |
Click on File-> New | Click on File-> New to open a new window. |
Cursor on panel | We will learn to build a Maltose molecule.
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Click on Build menu | To insert a glucose molecule, click on Build menu. |
Scroll down and click on
Insert->Fragment |
Scroll down and click on Insert -> Fragment |
Insert -> Fragment dialog box appears | Insert -> Fragment dialog box appears. |
Cursor on Insert Fragment dialog box | Scroll down the list and click on Cyclic sugar folders. |
A sub menu appears | A sub menu appears. |
Navigate down and select beta-d-glucopyranose.cml.
Close the dialog box |
Navigate down and select
beta-d-glucopyranose.cml. Click on Insert button. Close the dialog box. |
Point to molecule | beta-D-glucopyranose.cml appears on panel highlighted in blue color.
Translate it to the center using hand tool. |
Cursor on Panel | Let us copy and paste another glucose molecule. |
Click on Edit menu | Click on Edit menu on the menu bar. |
Scroll down and click on Copy | And click on Copy.
Again Scroll down the edit menu and then click Paste. |
Cursor on panel | Please note during copy, paste operation, window dims for a moment and then recovers. |
Point to the new molecule. | A new molecule gets copied and pasted on the existing molecule on the Panel. |
Move with the left mouse button | The cursor changes to a hand tool.
Move the copied molecule from the original molecule. Now we have two separate molecules on the Panel |
Press Ctrl+Shift+A. | To de-select Press Ctrl, Shift and A keys simultaneously. |
Let us label the molecules.
Labeling helps to identify the positions of all the atoms. | |
Click on Label check box from the Display Types drop down. | To label, Click on Label check box from the Display Types drop down. |
Cursor on molecule | To get Maltose we need to remove a water molecule. |
Delete atoms. | Delete the OH group on C-1 of first molecule and hydrogen on C-9 of second molecule. |
Select Carbon in draw tool settings | Select Carbon in Draw tool settings. |
Select Single' as Bond Order | Select Single as Bond Order. |
Uncheck the Adjust Hydrogens check box | Uncheck Adjust Hydrogens check box. |
Cursor on molecule | Click and drag to join C-1 of first molecule and C-9 of second molecule through oxygen atom. |
We need to optimize the geometry. | |
Select Auto Optimization tool. | Select Auto Optimization tool. |
Auto optimization settings appears. | Auto Optimization settings menu appears on the left. |
Select MMFF94 force field, click on Start. | Select MMFF94 force field and click on Start. |
The optimization may take a few seconds to complete.
You may remove the labels now | |
Cursor on the Panel | We now have an optimized structure of Maltose on Panel. |
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Summary |
Let's summarize. In this tutorial we have learnt to:
Add and delete atoms Add and delete bonds Rotate bonds Change Bond length Change Hydrogen to Methyl group Copy, paste and join structures. |
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Assignment |
As an assignment,
Create a Butane molecule using draw tool Convert it into 2,3 dimethyl Butane Rotate the bonds and change bond lengths. |
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Assignment |
Create a molecule of cellulose (Hint: D- glucose monomer is available in the Insert fragment library) Optimize the geometry using UFF force field. |
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This tutorial is contributed by Viswa Janani Vasudhevan and Madhuri Ganapathi.
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