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Tautomer Standardization in Chemical Databases: Deriving Business Rules from Quantum Chemistry.

Christopher M Baker1, Nathan J Kidley1, Konstantinos Papachristos1

  • 1Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, U.K.

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
|July 10, 2020
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This study introduces novel chemistry business rules for tautomer standardization, prioritizing chemical relevance over consistency. Quantum chemistry calculations ensure accurate gas-phase energetic preferences, leading to improved condensed-phase experimental agreement and predictive model utility.

Area of Science:

  • Computational chemistry
  • cheminformatics
  • Drug discovery

Background:

  • Databases of small molecules are essential in research and industry.
  • Standardizing chemical representations is crucial for database integrity.
  • Existing chemistry business rules often prioritize consistency over chemical relevance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop novel chemistry business rules for tautomer standardization.
  • To shift the focus from representation consistency to chemical relevance.
  • To improve the accuracy and utility of chemical databases.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing quantum chemistry calculations to determine gas-phase energetic preferences.
  • Defining a new set of chemistry business rules based on these calculations.

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  • Comparing the new rules against historical approaches.

    • Main Results:

    • The new rules successfully reproduce gas-phase energetic preferences for tautomers.
    • Tautomers standardized with the new rules show better agreement with experimental condensed-phase data.
    • The developed tautomer standardization method enhances suitability for predictive modeling.

    Conclusions:

    • Chemistry business rules can be effectively designed using quantum chemistry calculations.
    • Prioritizing chemical relevance in tautomer standardization yields superior results.
    • This approach improves the quality of chemical databases for drug discovery and related fields.