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Dotmatics Elemental / Elemental Draw

Chemical structure and reaction drawing suite with desktop, web, and iOS editions.

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Paid. 23 of 65 checklist features confirmed.

Main canvas

Dotmatics Elemental / Elemental Draw main canvas, light mode
light mode

No dark mode

dark mode

UI themes change tool layout; all remain light.

Default drawings

caffeine as drawn by Dotmatics Elemental / Elemental Draw with default settings

Caffeine

paclitaxel as drawn by Dotmatics Elemental / Elemental Draw with default settings

Paclitaxel

No 3D view

Cholesterol in 3D

Facts

Version we tested
2016.4.49405
Runs on
Browser, iOS
License
Commercial desktop/site licensing; the separate iOS app is free.
Price
2026-11-05: iOS app Free; current desktop/platform price unverified.
Plans
Elemental App: 2026-11-06: Free, iOS App Store.; Elemental Draw; Dotmatics ELN
Relies on
No third-party engine found. Toolkit author identifies Elemental with Dotmatics' internal JavaScript chemistry engine.
Chemistry from
In-house Dotmatics Chemistry Toolkit (JavaScript and C)
Main language
JavaScript
Other languages
C: iPad property calculations
Renderer
Original: Elemental Canvas 2D renderer
Third-party licenses
Not established

In use

Screenshots from our test of this version.

Features

  • Tested by running it
  • Seen in the app
  • The manual says yes
  • Partly, with the reason shown
  • Not supported
  • Not established, which is not the same as no

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Drawing structures

Chemistry intelligence

APIs and automation

Embedding and extension

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