Is it possible to create Fischer projections (or similar) from SMILES expressions? [closed]








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I've recently begun experimenting with drawing molecules from smiles expressions for use in an educational website. I am looking for a way to create simple structural representations of various molecules in metabolic pathways (Kreb's cycle, Gluconeogenesis, etc) in what I believe is Fisher projections (or similar?), as is often encountered in text books, for example the molecule Citrate:


[![Citrate Lewis](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gqZmx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gqZmx.png)


Since I'm creating my website in Python I tried using rdkit but so far have only been able to create drawings with 110° angles.[![Citrate 110](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NyQLM.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NyQLM.png)


The smiles formula I used here is courtesy of pubchem:



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> C(C(=O)[O-])C(CC(=O)[O-])(C(=O)[O-])O
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Is there any open source tool (preferably in Python) that I could use to create images of the Fischer projections? Or is there a "trick" of how to do this with rdkit? I would be grateful for any help and please excuse if I have botched any of the terminology in question. Thanks!


