Molecular similarity: Theory, applications, and perspectives

Molecular similarity pervades much of our understanding and rationalization of chemistry. This has become particularly evident in the current data-intensive era of chemical research, with similarity measures serving as the backbone of many Machine Learning (ML) supervised and unsupervised procedures. Here, we present a discussion on the role of molecular similarity in drug design, chemical space exploration, chemical "art" generation, molecular representations, and many more. We also discuss more recent topics in molecular similarity, like the ability to efficiently compare large molecular libraries.

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Artificial Intelligence Chemistry
Published
2024-08-31
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aichem.2024.100077
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35
Primary Topic
Computational Drug Discovery Methods
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Field-Weighted Citation Impact
12.65

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Abstract

Molecular similarity pervades much of our understanding and rationalization of chemistry. This has become particularly evident in the current data-intensive era of chemical research, with similarity measures serving as the backbone of many Machine Learning (ML) supervised and unsupervised procedures. Here, we present a discussion on the role of molecular similarity in drug design, chemical space exploration, chemical "art" generation, molecular representations, and many more. We also discuss more recent topics in molecular similarity, like the ability to efficiently compare large molecular libraries.

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University of Florida (US), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (MX), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
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