Drawing Organic Line Structures

Line structures are generally used to represent the chemical formula of an organic
compound, while giving details about the structure of the compound. The advantage of
using line structures over other methods (such as a condensed formula) is that is gives
an indication of three-dimensional shape, and it is cleaner/easier/faster to draw and
read. In general, use the following rules:

1) a chemical bond is represented using a line

2) a carbon atom is represented as the endpoint of a line
3) hydrogen atoms attached to carbons are assumed (remember: all carbons must have
four bonds)
4) all other atoms (N, O, F, etc.) are represented using their usual chemical symbols
5) single bonds are bent, single bonds branched off of double bonds are also bent, and
triple bonds are straight.

Examples:

F OH