ITS maintains a site license for ChemDraw that allows for its installation on Student, Faculty, and Staff computers as well as Academic Computer Labs, and Smart Classroom podium computers.

Installing ChemDraw

On my College-owned device

Faculty and Staff may install ChemDraw using the Software Center for Windows or Managed Software Center for Macs.

If you do not see it listed in Software Center, please contact the Help Desk at help@lafayette.edu or (610) 330-5501.

On my personal device

download the installer
  1. Find ‘Lafayette College’ from the list of Institutions on the ChemDraw Subscription Gallery.
  2. Click ‘Register to download the latest version of ChemDraw.’
  3. Complete the email verification.
  4. Create an account using the link in the second email you receive with the subject ‘Welcome to End-User Portal.’
  5. Login and download ChemDraw Prime under ‘List Entitlements’
Install and activate Chemdraw prime
  1. Locate the downloaded ChemDraw Prime installer and install it following the prompts.
  2. When prompted with ‘Licensing’, select ‘Activation code’. Complete all the input fields and enter the Activation code found under ‘List Entitlements’ in the online portal.
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