Computer Representation of the Stereochemistry of Organic Molecules: With application to the problem of discovery of organic synthesis by computer (Interdisciplinary Systems Research)

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ISBN 10: 3764308478 / ISBN 13: 9783764308476

Published by Birkhaeuser Basel, 1976

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Computer Representation of the Stereochemistry of Organic Molecules: With application to the problem of discovery of organic synthesis by computer (Interdisciplinary Systems Research)
• Publisher: Birkhaeuser Basel
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764308478
• ISBN 13: 9783764308476
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.24 kilograms

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Synopsis

The role of the computer in the practice of organic chemistry has been firmly established over the past decade. Its uses as a large scale information storage and retrieval device in chemistry have been too numerous to mention. More recently, the applicability of computers to the problem of discovering valid and reasonable synthesis routes for organic molecules has been demonstrated. This has been both as an adjunct to the 1 chemist in the on-line interactive mode ,2,3 and also as a wholly computer-directed system seeking to simulate the intelligent prob- 4 lem-solving activity of the human organic synthetic chemist. ,5 In all of these computer applications to organic chemistry, it has been necessary to devise some computer-compatible repres- tation of an organic molecule that is both canonical and c- venient for table look-ups. This is in order that entities that have been constructed at different times under different circumstances can be identified and classified, with identical molecules being recognized as such even if their connection matrices list the elements of the molecule in different orders. E. J. Corey and W. T. Wipke, Science, 166, 178 (1969). 2 E. J. Corey, W. T. Wipke, R. D. Cramer III and W. J. Howe, J. Americ. Chern. Soc. , 94, 421 (1972) and 431 (1972). 3 E. J. Corey, R. D. Cramer III and W. J. Howe, ~. Americ. Chern. Soc. , 94, 440 (1972). 4 H. L. Gelernter, N. S. Sridharan and A. J.