Issue 1, 2014

Matched molecular pairs derived by retrosynthetic fragmentation

Abstract

Matched molecular pairs (MMPs) are defined as pairs of compounds that only differ by a chemical change at a single site. MMPs have become popular in medicinal chemistry to support lead optimization, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) analysis, and other applications. Thus far, MMPs have been algorithmically defined and not on the basis of reaction information. This often limits the chemical interpretability and practical utility of MMPs. Therefore, we introduce synthetically accessible MMPs that are automatically generated by applying reaction rules following the retrosynthetic combinatorial analysis procedure (RECAP). A library of more than 92 000 RECAP-MMPs was generated from public domain compounds active against 435 different targets exclusively utilizing high-confidence activity data. This library is made freely available for use in medicinal chemistry.

Graphical abstract: Matched molecular pairs derived by retrosynthetic fragmentation

Article information

Article type
Concise Article
Submitted
10 Sep 2013
Accepted
27 Oct 2013
First published
22 Nov 2013

Med. Chem. Commun., 2014,5, 64-67

Matched molecular pairs derived by retrosynthetic fragmentation

A. de la Vega de León and J. Bajorath, Med. Chem. Commun., 2014, 5, 64 DOI: 10.1039/C3MD00259D

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