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Marvin Desktop Suite / MarvinSketch
Desktop software for drawing publication-quality chemical structures, reactions, and multipage documents.
Paid. 53 of 65 checklist features confirmed.
Official demo
Main canvas
Paid, checked from the manual
Paid, checked from the manual
Default drawings
Paid, checked from the manual
Caffeine
Paid, checked from the manual
Paclitaxel
Paid, checked from the manual
Cholesterol in 3D
Facts
- Latest version
- 26.1.4
- Runs on
- macOS, Windows, Linux
- License
- Proprietary commercial software requiring a Chemaxon license.
- Price
- Commercial; contact sales for pricing (2026-11-05).
- Plans
- Marvin Desktop Suite / MarvinSketch: 2026-11-06: Contact sales.
- Relies on
- InChI, RInChI. Native InChI/RInChI libraries; original MarvinSketch canvas documented by Chemaxon.
- Chemistry from
- Chemaxon chemistry toolkit (Marvin/JChem)
- Interface
- Java Swing
- Main language
- Java
- Other languages
- C: Native InChI library
- Renderer
- Original: In-house Marvin molecular renderer
- Third-party licenses
- Vendor core inventory (2024): LGPL-2.1/3.0, MPL, EPL/CDDL/GPL-2.0+Classpath alternatives, Ubuntu Font Licence and restricted UnRAR/Oracle terms.
- Free individual academic licenses ended on July 31, 2026.
- CDXML export is documented as alpha and limited to API/Source editor.
- InChI input/output is unavailable on macOS; Office OLE editing requires Windows.
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
Select a mark for its proof. A filled mark opens our screenshot, or the manual if the check left nothing to picture. A ring opens the manual.
Drawing structures
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Single, double and triple bondsdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Wedge, hash and wavy bondsdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Coordinate and multicenter bonds. Opens the cited page.Dative, hydrogen and quadruple bondsCoordinate and multicenter bonds.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Above, centered, and below alignments. Opens the cited page.Choose double-bond sideAbove, centered, and below alignments.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Ring toolsdocs.chemaxon.com
- Not established: Conformer templates documented; chair/Haworth contents not verified.Chair and Haworth ringsConformer templates documented; chair/Haworth contents not verified.
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Chain tooldocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Template librarydocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Save your own templatesdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Group abbreviationsdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Charges, isotopes and atom labelsdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Radical types can be assigned to individual atoms. Opens the cited page.Radicals and lone pairsRadical types can be assigned to individual atoms.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Keyboard drawingdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Lasso selection, rotation, scaling, and flipping are documented. Opens the cited page.Lasso select and transformsLasso selection, rotation, scaling, and flipping are documented.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Tilt drawings in perspectivedocs.chemaxon.com
Reactions and mechanisms
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Reaction arrowsdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Curved mechanism arrowsdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Chemical reaction export supports single-step reactions only. Opens the cited page.Machine-readable reactionsChemical reaction export supports single-step reactions only.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Atom mappingdocs.chemaxon.com
- Not establishedOrbitals and symbols
Figures and layout
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Rich text captionsdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Shapes, brackets and curvesdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Align and distributedocs.chemaxon.com
- Not established: Chemical S-groups documented; general object grouping not verified.Group and ungroupChemical S-groups documented; general object grouping not verified.
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.2D structure cleanupdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Includes ACS and Royal Society of Chemistry presets. Opens the cited page.Journal drawing stylesIncludes ACS and Royal Society of Chemistry presets.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Reusable custom stylesdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Individual bond colors are configurable through Format. Opens the cited page.Color controlIndividual bond colors are configurable through Format.docs.chemaxon.com
- No: Vendor comparison explicitly excludes atom and bond highlighting. Opens the cited page.Color highlightingVendor comparison explicitly excludes atom and bond highlighting.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Page layout and multipagedocs.chemaxon.com
- No: Official comparison explicitly marks picture import unsupported. Opens the cited page.Imported picturesOfficial comparison explicitly marks picture import unsupported.docs.chemaxon.com
- Not establishedTLC plates and tables
Chemistry intelligence
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Structure checkingdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.R/S and E/Z labelsdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Formula and massdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: logP and TPSA available inside licensed MarvinSketch. Opens the cited page.Property estimateslogP and TPSA available inside licensed MarvinSketch.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Name to structuredocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Structure to namedocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Predicts both proton and carbon-13 chemical shifts. Opens the cited page.NMR predictionPredicts both proton and carbon-13 chemical shifts.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.R-groups and query structuresdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.Polymers and repeat unitsdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Imports peptide, DNA, and RNA sequences. Opens the cited page.Peptides and nucleic acidsImports peptide, DNA, and RNA sequences.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Ordinary raster recognition requires separately installed OSRA. Opens the cited page.Image to structureOrdinary raster recognition requires separately installed OSRA.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: CAS-number lookup retrieves structures from public NIH/Wikimedia sources. Opens the cited page.Online structure lookupCAS-number lookup retrieves structures from public NIH/Wikimedia sources.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.3D model viewdocs.chemaxon.com
- Not establishedCrystal structures
Files and exchange
- Partly: Import supported; alpha export through API or Source editor. Opens the cited page.CDXML import and exportImport supported; alpha export through API or Source editor.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.CDX import and exportdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: MOL V2000/V3000 and SDF supported. Opens the cited page.MOL and SDFMOL V2000/V3000 and SDF supported.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.SMILESdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Windows/Linux; InChI input/output unavailable on macOS. Opens the cited page.InChIWindows/Linux; InChI input/output unavailable on macOS.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.RXN filesdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual. Opens the cited page.SVG exportdocs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Vector PDF export documented. Opens the cited page.PDF exportVector PDF export documented.docs.chemaxon.com
- Not established: PNG supported; 300 dpi export not verified.High-resolution PNGPNG supported; 300 dpi export not verified.
- Yes, according to the manual: Editable MOL/SMILES transfer; drawing-layout preservation is not guaranteed. Opens the cited page.Paste to and from ChemDrawEditable MOL/SMILES transfer; drawing-layout preservation is not guaranteed.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Windows OLE; editing requires installed Marvin with OLE support. Opens the cited page.Editable in Word or PowerPointWindows OLE; editing requires installed Marvin with OLE support.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Windows MarvinOLE requires JChem_NET_API; embedded structures edit in MarvinSketch. Opens the cited page.Windows Office OLEWindows MarvinOLE requires JChem_NET_API; embedded structures edit in MarvinSketch.docs.chemaxon.com
APIs and automation
- Not establishedPython API
- Not establishedJavaScript or TypeScript API
- Yes, according to the manual: Bundled Molconvert converts structures and renders images. Opens the cited page.Command-line toolBundled Molconvert converts structures and renders images.docs.chemaxon.com
- Not establishedAI agent control
- Not establishedBuilt-in AI assistant
Embedding and extension
- Yes, according to the manual: Custom Java Calculator Plugins and external services. Opens the cited page.PluginsCustom Java Calculator Plugins and external services.docs.chemaxon.com
- Yes, according to the manual: Instantiate MSketchPane; add it to a Swing JPanel. Opens the cited page.Embed in your own appInstantiate MSketchPane; add it to a Swing JPanel.docs.chemaxon.com