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Spatial Separation of Molecular Conformers and Clusters
Published on: January 9, 2014
Spaces of mathematical chemistry
Guillermo Restrepo1,2,3
1Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Inselstr. 22, Leipzig, 04103, Saxony, Germany. restrepo@mis.mpg.de.
Abstract:
In an effort to expand the domain of mathematical chemistry and inspire research beyond the realms of graph theory and quantum chemistry, we explore five mathematical chemistry spaces and their interconnectedness. These spaces comprise the chemical space, which encompasses substances and reactions; the space of reaction conditions, spanning the physical and chemical aspects involved in chemical reactions; the space of reaction grammars, which encapsulates the rules for creating and breaking chemical bonds; the space of substance properties, covering all documented measurements regarding substances; and the space of substance representations, composed of the various ontologies for characterising substances.
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