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Created by Nessa Carson
Created on Nov 11, 2021

Bug: hydrogen count on pasting radicals as SMILES

I've reported this before for v.20, but just so it appears in one place. :) When pasting the radical SMILES strings "[CH3]" or "[CH2]" directly into ChemDraw, it incorrectly gives a CH4 molecule. However, when I draw a methyl CH3 radical myself and then copy it as SMILES, it does correctly give the string "[CH3]".


Strings that do work correctly include "[NH]", "[OH]", "[PH2]", "[SiH3]", so it seems this may mainly or only affect carbon. "[CH3CH2]" also works correctly.

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