Drawing 2D-molecules with m-Builder
To represent
molecules in any one of three 2D drawings (Atom Sphere models, Ball
& Stick models, and Electron Dot [Lewis] structures)
you will be using a simple drawing Java applet called "m-builder".
You can see how the program works in the following web site: m-builder
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If it does
not run,come back to this page and download and install the free Java plug-in
applet on your computer:
Here is what you will see
and need to do when you get to the Sun Developer Network site:

A little further down you
will see the link to download JRE 5.0 Update 6. (Or a later update version.)
You do not want to download the JDK program.

Once downloaded
you will have to open it up install on your computer. Please read the Installation
Instructions, ReadMe and ReleaseNotes that are provided on this
web page before you get started. Once downloaded you should be able to run m-builder.