ChemDraw
ChemDraw is a chemical structure drawing and editing application developed by PerkinElmer, used by chemists, pharmaceutical researchers, and chemistry students worldwide. It allows users to create and edit 2D chemical structures, reaction schemes, and molecular diagrams with precise bond angles and atom positioning. The application supports multiple file formats including ChemDraw's native CDX and CDXML formats, and can export structures as PDF, images and other chemical interchange formats. It is commonly used for publishing research papers, creating chemical documentation, and integrating chemical structures into laboratory information management systems.
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1 suggestionThe search results do not provide clear evidence of a native Apple Silicon build for ChemDraw 22. The info plist data shows an Intel build signature, and the most recent information available (a 2024 announcement of ChemDraw 23.0) describes a cloud-native web-based version within the Revvity Signals research platform, not a desktop native build. Since you are currently running ChemDraw 22 as an Intel-only application under Rosetta 2, you should contact PerkinElmer/Revvity directly to confirm whether a native Apple Silicon desktop version is planned for ChemDraw 22 or any newer release. If a native build is not forthcoming from the vendor, the app will stop working entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028). As an interim step, you may want to evaluate whether the cloud-based ChemDraw 23.0 through Revvity Signals would meet your workflow needs, or explore alternative chemistry drawing tools such as MarvinSketch (from ChemAxon), ChemDoodle, or Schrodinger's Maestro—all of which have Mac support, though you should verify current native Apple Silicon compatibility before committing to a switch.
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