Chemistry - An Asian Journal,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 22, 2025
Abstract
Traditionally,
the
discovery
of
ligands
for
organic
reactions
has
relied
heavily
on
intuition
and
experience
chemists,
leading
to
a
trial‐and‐error
process
that
is
both
time‐consuming
inherently
biased.
The
rise
data
science
now
offers
more
systematic
efficient
approach
exploring
chemical
spaces,
moving
beyond
heuristic
constraints
conventional
ligand
design
enabling
data‐driven,
predictive
method.
In
this
study,
we
introduce
“SadPhos
Library”,
comprehensive
collection
890
reported
chiral
sulfinamide
phosphine
ligands,
use
physical
descriptors
systematically
map
their
space.
By
examining
small
dataset
known
active
demonstrate
how
SadPhos
library
can
help
identify
key
properties
associated
with
performance
thus
streamline
optimization.
Furthermore,
employing
dimensionality
reduction
clustering
techniques,
pinpoint
representative
subset
facilitates
targeted
exploration
diverse
landscape.
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 30, 2025
The
screening
of
chemical
libraries
is
an
essential
starting
point
in
the
drug
discovery
process.
While
some
researchers
desire
a
more
thorough
targets
against
narrower
scope
molecules,
it
not
uncommon
for
diverse
sets
to
be
favored
during
early
stages
discovery.
However,
cost
burden
associated
with
potential
drawbacks
if
particular
areas
space
are
needlessly
overrepresented.
To
facilitate
triaged
sampling
and
other
collections
we
have
developed
Dedenser,
tool
downsampling
clusters.
Dedenser
functions
by
reducing
membership
clusters
within
clouds
while
maintaining
initial
topology
or
distribution
space.
Python
package
that
utilizes
Hierarchical
Density-Based
Spatial
Clustering
Applications
Noise
first
identify
present
3D
then
downsamples
applying
Poisson
disk
based
on
either
their
volume
density
A
command
line
interface
graphic
user
available
which
allow
generation
clouds,
using
Mordred
QSAR
descriptor
calculations
uniform
manifold
approximation
projection
embedding,
as
well
visualization.
We
hope
will
serve
community
enabling
quick
access
reduced
molecules
representative
larger
selecting
even
distributions
rather
than
single
from
All
code
open
source
at
https://github.com/MSDLLCpapers/dedenser.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 30, 2025
Retrosynthesis
is
a
strategy
to
analyze
the
synthetic
routes
for
target
molecules
in
medicinal
chemistry.
However,
traditional
retrosynthesis
predictions
performed
by
chemists
and
rule-based
expert
systems
struggle
adapt
vast
chemical
space
of
real-world
scenarios.
Artificial
intelligence
(AI)
has
revolutionized
prediction
recent
decades,
significantly
increasing
accuracy
diversity
compounds.
Single-step
AI-driven
models
can
be
generalized
into
three
types
based
on
their
dependence
predefined
reaction
templates
(template-based,
semitemplate-based
methods,
template-free
models),
with
respective
advantages
limitations,
common
challenges
that
limit
chemistry
applications.
Moreover,
there
are
relatively
inadequate
multi-step
which
lack
strong
links
single-step
methods.
Herein,
we
review
advancements
AI
applications
summarizing
related
techniques
landscape
current
representative
propose
feasible
solutions
tackle
existing
problems
outline
future
directions
this
field.
Chemistry - An Asian Journal,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 22, 2025
Abstract
Traditionally,
the
discovery
of
ligands
for
organic
reactions
has
relied
heavily
on
intuition
and
experience
chemists,
leading
to
a
trial‐and‐error
process
that
is
both
time‐consuming
inherently
biased.
The
rise
data
science
now
offers
more
systematic
efficient
approach
exploring
chemical
spaces,
moving
beyond
heuristic
constraints
conventional
ligand
design
enabling
data‐driven,
predictive
method.
In
this
study,
we
introduce
“SadPhos
Library”,
comprehensive
collection
890
reported
chiral
sulfinamide
phosphine
ligands,
use
physical
descriptors
systematically
map
their
space.
By
examining
small
dataset
known
active
demonstrate
how
SadPhos
library
can
help
identify
key
properties
associated
with
performance
thus
streamline
optimization.
Furthermore,
employing
dimensionality
reduction
clustering
techniques,
pinpoint
representative
subset
facilitates
targeted
exploration
diverse
landscape.