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Quantum mechanics and machine learning accelerate the exploration of chemical compound space for rational drug design. This approach enables faster evaluation of molecular properties, aiding the discovery of novel compounds.

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Computational Chemistry
Materials Science
Drug Discovery

Background:

Rational compound design necessitates efficient molecular property evaluation across vast chemical compound space.
Exploring chemical compound space is crucial for identifying molecules with desired properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide a perspective on the advances and challenges in using quantum-mechanics-based machine learning for chemical compound space exploration.
To highlight the potential of integrating physical theories, data, and machine learning for understanding molecular properties.

Main Methods:

Combining quantum-mechanical calculations with machine learning algorithms.
Developing and applying quantum-mechanics-based machine learning (QM-ML) methods.
Utilizing comprehensive synthetic data sets of molecular properties.

Main Results:

QM-ML methods offer powerful tools for exploring extensive regions of chemical compound space.
These methods facilitate the rapid evaluation of diverse molecular properties.
Key advances have been made in applying QM-ML to various compounds and properties.

Conclusions:

Systematic integration of physical theories, data, and physics-informed machine learning can significantly advance chemical compound space exploration.
This integrated approach is vital for understanding and predicting molecular properties.
Future progress relies on combining rigorous scientific principles with modern computational techniques.