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Jie Shen1,2, Ying Yang1,3, Howard Broughton4
1Computational ADME, Drug Disposition, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA.
Aim:
Modifying the molecule's intrinsic hydrogen bond strength (HBS) is a useful approach in optimizing its permeability and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) efflux. Quantum mechanics (QM) based computation has been utilized to estimate the molecular intrinsic HBS. Despite its usefulness, the computation is time consuming for a large set of molecules.
Methodology/Results:
We introduced a fragment-based high-throughput HBS calculation method and validated it with internal and external datasets. Examples have been presented where the P-gp efflux and permeability can be optimized by modulating calculated HBS.
Conclusion:
The results will enable medicinal chemists to calculate HBS in a high-throughput manner while optimizing permeability and P-gp efflux. This will further improve the efficiency of balancing multiple properties during drug discovery process.
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