ChemTube3D

What ChemTube3D is

ChemTube3D is a free educational resource for exploring chemistry through interactive 3D structures, animations, and supporting information. Its subject areas include organic mechanisms, organic structure and bonding, inorganic chemistry, polymers, and A-level chemistry. In a browser, users can work with animated structures in the JSmol viewer. Organic reaction schemes animate bond changes and show charges and lone pairs, while learning designs guide activities using the 3D material. ChemTube3D pages can be embedded in a learning management system or virtual learning environment through LTI; the site reports testing with Canvas and Blackboard. The LTI tool comes through OpenOChem, and users can apply for a key. Free iOS and Android apps are available, with the iOS app containing a selection of Organic Chemistry and Structure and Bonding content. Selected reaction transition-state models can be downloaded in STL and X3D formats for 3D printing. The resource is intended for students, lecturers, and practising chemists, including people studying A-level and undergraduate topics. It also includes virtual labs, molecular modeling, and reaction simulation. The listed Free plan costs nothing.