SMILES generation

User 9852713200

28-05-2009 17:23:08

Hi,


I'm using Marvin 5.2.2.


Attached are two different structures.  The one on the top is "cis-", and the bottom one is "trans-".  So they should have different smiles strings, but Marvin always generates same smiles CO[C@]1(CCC(CC1)C1=NC=CC=C1)C(O)=O


 


ChemDraw (v11) generates two different smiles as follows:


<top one>        OC([C@]1(OC)CC[C@H](C2=CC=CC=C2)CC1)=O
<bottom one>  OC([C@@]1(OC)CC[C@H](C2=CC=CC=C2)CC1)=O


Is this a bug?  Can this be fixed?


Thanks,

ChemAxon 25dcd765a3

29-05-2009 17:46:49

Hi!


Marvin interprets only the narrow end of the wedge as stereocenter.


In the attached image only the atom marked  with numbre 1 can be a stereocenter.


The atom at the wider end (2) will never mark stereocenter.


If you change the wedge orientation marvin will generate correct SMILES.


 


PS: at API level it is possible to change wedge interpretation to accept both side of the wedge.


Andras