Labs / Chemistry
Molecule Builder
Spawn atoms from the palette and drag them toward each other. When two atoms with room to spare get close, they snap into a bond — each element only accepts as many bonds as its valence allows. Pick a target and hunt for a green check when you get the recipe right.
Formula —Molecule —
What to try
- Why does oxygen grab exactly two hydrogens for water, but carbon holds four?
- Carbon dioxide needs double bonds — how close do you have to pull the oxygens before a single line becomes two?
- Give carbon three hydrogens instead of four. Is it a real molecule yet, and what does the readout call it?
- Crank up the temperature. Which molecules shake apart first, and does bond order make one sturdier?
- Can you build a molecule the lab has never heard of? What formula does it report for it?