Predicting Highly Enantioselective Catalysts Using Tunable Fragment Descriptors

Autor: Nobuya Tsuji, Pavel Sidorov, Chendan Zhu, Yuuya Nagata, Timur Gimadiev, Alexandre Varnek, Benjamin List
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Angewandte chemie-international edition. 62(11):e202218659
ISSN: 1433-7851
Popis: Catalyst optimization process is typically relying on an inductive and qualitative assumption of chemists based on screening data. While machine learning models using molecular properties or calculated 3D structures enable quantitative data evaluation, costly quantum chemical calculations are often required. In contrast, readily available binary fingerprint descriptors are time- and cost-efficient, but their predictive performance remains insufficient. Here, we describe a machine learning model based on fragment descriptors, which are fine-tuned for asymmetric catalysis and represent cyclic or polyaromatic hydrocarbons, enabling robust and efficient virtual screening. Using training data with only moderate selectivities, we designed theoretically and validated experimentally new catalysts showing higher selectivities in a previously unaddressed transformation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE