Use elbow.builder with SMILES strings

From OS X Scientific Computing

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Setting it up

Install Phenix






Create a SMILES string for your molecule

SMILES stands for "simplified molecular input line entry specification"

Simple examples:

  • Ethanol: CCO
  • Cyclohexane: C1CCCCC1
  • Benzene: c1ccccc1




For more involved molecules, or to learn the language interactively, try a Java Molecular Editor



Draw the molecule in the JME

smiles1.png

Calculate Properties

smiles2.png

Copy the SMILES string

eg: O=C(Oc3ccc(c1cc(NS(=O)(=O)O)c(Cl)cc1c2cccc(C(O)(O)O)c2)cc3Br)C4CC4







Run the Calculation as a single unix command

eg:

elbow.builder  --opt   --smiles="O=C(Oc3ccc(c1cc(NS(=O)(=O)O)c(Cl)cc1c2cccc(C(O)(O)O)c2)cc3Br)C4CC4"


Note the use of double-quotes to protect the special characters like parentheses.



View the result

eg:

pymol $(ls -t *.pdb | head -n 1 )

smiles3.png