Which Free Chemistry Simulators Are Easy for Beginners?

[stephenkohnle53]

I am looking for a free chemistry simulator that allows me to see generally what would happen under certain chemical reactions. I would like it to be relatively simple since I do not know much about chemistry. Any ideas?
Btw its for personal use so it does not need to be very accurate. I am not going to make reactions in real life based off the simulator, I just want to be able to see what would happen and be able to toy with it.

 

[TeethWhitener]

Apart from doing full quantum chemistry simulations, you might check out ReaxFF:
https://www.scm.com/product/reaxff/
which is a publication-caliber MD simulator with reactivity parameters.

Another approach is computer assisted organic synthesis programs (CAOS):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer-assisted_organic_synthesis_software
These are generally used to help design complex syntheses for, e.g., drug development.

 

[berkeman]

I am looking for a free chemistry simulator that allows me to see generally what would happen under certain chemical reactions. I would like it to be relatively simple since I do not know much about chemistry. Any ideas?
Btw its for personal use so it does not need to be very accurate. I am not going to make reactions in real life based off the simulator, I just want to be able to see what would happen and be able to toy with it.

You might check out the Chembuddy software that @Borek has in his footer. I don't think there is a free version, but it looks like there is a 30-day free trial so you can see what good software can do for you (versus the free packages).

 

[Borek]

I wouldn't count my programs as simulators, but yes - you can check them