This chapter explains on some basic examples the use of JChemPaint.
When JChemPaint has been startet, you automatically get an empty document. In order to paint a structure the typical steps would be the following:
Start a new document, by clicking the white paper with the yellow star on the top left corner. In the Draw mode (the bond button), draw methane on the left and methanol on the right. Right mouse click on the methane and choose "Reaction..." and "Make Reactant in new Reaction". Similarly, right mouse click on the methanol, and choose "Make Product in existing Reaction". Choose in the drop down box the reaction you want to add methanol as product to.