Image to ChemDraw

No need to draw a chemical structure by yourself! Easily convert images to ChemDraw with Mathpix Snip. Our image to structure conversion is perfect for using high quality images in your scientific publications.

Works on both printed and handwritten chemical diagrams

Highly accurate image to structure conversion

Instant SMILES string extraction

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The best image recognition for chemistry

Mathpix is the only image to ChemDraw converter with high-accuracy OCR features developed specifically for scientific documents like research papers

Chemical Equations

Chemical Diagrams

Handwritten Chemistry

How to convert images to ChemDraw

A diagram showing image to ChemDraw conversion

1. Use Snip to take a screenshot of the image.

2. Check your Snip result and click on the SMILES format to copy to the clipboard.

3. Paste the extracted SMILES string directly to ChemDraw.

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FOR STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS

Snip

Use our mobile app to convert your handwritten notes to ChemDraw. Simply take a photo of your diagram and get a SMILES code. All Snips are synchronized with your desktop and ready to be inserted to ChemDraw!

Digitize your handwritten notes and create digital chemistry documents

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FOR EDTECH COMPANIES

Mathpix OCR

Mathpix provides image recognition for the biggest Edtech companies in the world.

Our image processing APIs are easy to implement and works on all platforms.

API request

{ "src": "https://cdn.mathpix.com/snip/images/KtNJHB1a1im8p2fDD1fYtBdlf0KI2qYYzXZ6XzJhUjQ.original.fullsize.png", "formats": ["text", "data", "html"], "include_smiles": true }

API response:

{ "request_id": "2022_04_15_ac551dfa59b247d10e77g", "is_printed": true, "is_handwritten": false, "auto_rotate_confidence": 0.0007489666152160623, "auto_rotate_degrees": 0, "confidence": 1, "confidence_rate": 1, "text": "COCC1=C(C(=O)O)C(c2ccc(F)c(F)c2)N(C(=O)NCCC(=O)O)C(=O)N1", "html": "

\n", "data": [] }

Our partners choose Mathpix over AWS Textract, Google Vision API, and Azure Computer Vision for converting images.

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