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  • Chemical Crystallography
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Structural Bioinformatics

Background:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) provides extensive computer-readable crystallographic data.
  • Automated analysis of structural data enables large-scale comparisons of molecular fragments and crystal structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate correlations between structural parameters (distances, angles) and other molecular observables.
  • To explore how these correlations can inform our understanding of chemical bonding and molecular dynamics.
  • To assess the potential for machine learning in predicting structures and properties.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of interatomic distances, angles, and torsion angles from the CSD.
  • Correlation analysis with spectroscopic signals, reaction energies, and activation energies.
  • Qualitative mapping of structural parameter space.

Main Results:

  • Highly correlated distributions of structural parameters for fragments across diverse environments.
  • Continuous correlations extending over large parameter ranges, mirroring chemical processes.
  • Identification of low-energy regions in (free) energy surfaces corresponding to molecular dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Correlations provide an organizing principle for structural data, challenging traditional interaction definitions.
  • Reconsideration of bonds and noncovalent interactions in terms of Lewis acid-base interactions is suggested.
  • Future machine learning applications hold promise for credible structure and property predictions.