Basic Examples (2) 

Rotate butane about its central C-C bond and paste its gauche and anti conformations:

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Copy each pasted Molecule and visualize the results:

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Scope (1) 

Bonds in rings are excluded from consideration:

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Options (6) 

AnchorAtom (3) 

By default, the spanning tree of rotatable bonds is anchored at the atom with the highest ClosenessCentrality, which tends to be in the middle of the molecule:

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Anchor the spanning tree at one end:

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When the anchor atom was chosen automatically, the initial direction of the spanning was toward atom 4. Use the two-atom form to change the direction:

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DiagramSize (1) 

Specify the size for the schematic diagram:

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IncludeHydrogens (2) 

By default, hydrogen atoms are not shown:

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Displaying the hydrogen atoms also permits more bonds to be rotatable:

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Possible Issues (1) 

Cyclic molecules like cyclohexane have no rotatable bonds, and thus no sliders are presented in RotateBonds3D:

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Neat Examples (2) 

RotateBonds3D is a good way to make peptide turns. Start with a tetrapeptide:

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Give the structure a type II β-turn. Set the torsion angles according to the values in the table (starting from the bottom of the menus):

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