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Chemical Graphics File Formats and Files Extensions

File Formats for Molecular Visualization

Extension File Type Description
.al2 Alchemy 2000
.mol Alchemy III
.ros Beilstein Institute's ROSDAL
.csd Cambridge Crystallographic
.fdat Cambridge Crystallographic
.dat Cambridge Crystallographic
.cpd Catalyst
.chm Catalyst Query
.msi Cerius2
.cxf Chemical eXchange Format
.cif Crystallographic Information File
.hin HyperChem
.car InsightII CAR
.grd InsightII Grid
.jdx JCAMP-DX
.chm ChemDraw
.cdt ChemDraw Connection Table
.str Kekule STR
.kin Kinemage
.mol MDL MOL
.sdf MDL SD
.skc MDL ISIS SKC
.tgf MDL ISIS TGF
.mpg Molecular Presentation Graphics
.nc network Common Data Form
.pcm PCModel
.pir PIR/NBRF PIR
.ent Protein Databank
.pdb Protein Data Bank
.msf Quanta
.seq Scivision SEQ
.smi SMILES
.scf Softshell SCF
.sw SWISSPROT/GCG
.tsw SWISSPROT/GCT
.ml2 Sybyl MOL2
.mol2 Sybyl MOL2
.sy2 Sybyl MOL2
.sln Tripos Sybyl line notation
.chp Tripos ChemPrint
.hit UNITY Hitlist format
.msv WebLab Viewer
.wvc Viewer Script
.log Viewer Script
.xra X-Ray Cartesian Coordinate data
.xyz XYZ Coordinate