在分子设计中,用于合成成本意识决策的算法框架
Jenna C Fromer1, Connor W Coley2,3
1Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nature computational science
|June 17, 2024
概括
我们开发了SPARROW,这是一个定量框架,以优先考虑药物发现的分子合成. 它平衡了预测的信息获取与合成成本的平衡,优化了测试分子的选择.
科学领域:
- 药用化学 医学化学
- 计算化学的计算化学
- 药物发现 药物发现 药物发现
背景情况:
- 分子发现依赖于代设计,合成和测试.
- 为合成选择分子是复杂的,通常依赖于专家的直觉.
研究的目的:
- 提出SPARROW,一个定量决策框架来优先考虑分子.
- 为了在分子评估中平衡预期的信息获取与合成成本.
主要方法:
- SPARROW集成了分子设计,属性预测和回合成规划.
- 它量化了测试一个分子对批量合成成本的实用性.
主要成果:
- 该算法捕捉了与批量合成相关的非附加性成本.
- 它有效地利用了常见的反应步骤和中间体.
- SPARROW证明了对数百个分子的可扩展性.
结论:
- SPARROW提供了一种数据驱动的方法来优化药物发现中的分子选择.
- 这一框架提高了识别具有理想性质的分子的效率.
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