Benoit, I don't think OpenBabel supports it out of the box. There are other free/open solutions - OPSIN from Peter Murray-Rust, converts IUPAC names into structures, and CIR - converts anything into anything as long as it's one of 100 million molecules in our database:
http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure Regards, Igor On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 06:27 -0400, Benoit Gauzere wrote: > Hi, > I'd would like to know if open babel is able to convert a molecule > name, such as "butane" for example, in the related molecular > structure ? > > This fonctionnality exists in ChemDraw but I don't find it in the open > babel documentation. > > Thanks, > Benoit Gaüzère. > > > -- > Benoît Gaüzere > benoit.gauz...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-discuss mailing list OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss
