An algorithm to identify functional groups in organic molecules

Abstract Background The concept of functional groups forms a basis of organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, toxicity assessment, spectroscopy and also chemical nomenclature. All current software systems to identify functional groups are based on a predefined list of substructures. We are not aware...

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Main Author: Peter Ertl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Cheminformatics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13321-017-0225-z