Please note the correct way to get Molecular Weight is:

AtomContainerManipulator.getMolecularWeight(mol);


We are aware of the issue with the MolecularWeight descriptor - please see
the issue tracker.

On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 08:44, Stesycki, Manuel <stesy...@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de>
wrote:

> Dear love_software0,
>
> i am running CDK Version 2.2.
>
> As a test structure i used Benzene (CAS 71-43-2)
>
> 1) I calculate the mass by using:
> *double mw = AtomContainerManipulator.getMolecularWeight(mol);*
>
> 2) To calculate the monoIsotopicMass i use:
>
> *IMolecularFormula form =
> MolecularFormulaManipulator.getMolecularFormula(mol);*
> *double mw = MolecularFormulaManipulator.getTotalExactMass(form);*
>
> The methods from 1) and 2) calculate the following results:
>
> 1) 78.11205990368276
> 2)  78.046950192
> your code) 78.04695024
>
> I attached 2 screen shots. One from SciFinder which states an mw of 78.11.
> The other on from ChemDraw V18. There the exact Mass is equal to your
> result and the molecular weight (Mol.Wt.) matches the SciFinder value.
>
> Best regards,
>    Manuel Stesycki
>
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