Finding Thermodynamically Favorable Pathways in Chemical Reaction Networks Using Flows in Hypergraphs and Mixed-Integer Linear Programming

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Autori principali: Pal, Adittya, Fagerberg, Rolf, Andersen, Jakob Lykke, Flamm, Christoph, Dittrich, Peter, Merkle, Daniel
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author Pal, Adittya
Fagerberg, Rolf
Andersen, Jakob Lykke
Flamm, Christoph
Dittrich, Peter
Merkle, Daniel
author_facet Pal, Adittya
Fagerberg, Rolf
Andersen, Jakob Lykke
Flamm, Christoph
Dittrich, Peter
Merkle, Daniel
contents The search for pathways that optimize the formation of a particular target molecule in a reaction network is a key problem in many settings, including reactor systems. Chemical reaction networks are mathematically well represented as hypergraphs, modeling that facilitates the search for pathways by computational means. We propose to enrich an existing search method for pathways by including thermodynamic principles. In more detail, we give a mixed-integer linear programming (mixed ILP) formulation of the search problem into which we integrate chemical potentials and concentrations for individual molecules, enabling us to constrain the search to return pathways containing only thermodynamically favorable reactions. Moreover, if multiple possible pathways are found, we can rank these by objective functions based on thermodynamics. As an example of use, we apply the framework to a reaction network representing the HCN-formamide chemistry. Alternative pathways to the one currently hypothesized in the literature are queried and enumerated, including some that score better according to our chosen objective function.
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spellingShingle Finding Thermodynamically Favorable Pathways in Chemical Reaction Networks Using Flows in Hypergraphs and Mixed-Integer Linear Programming
Pal, Adittya
Fagerberg, Rolf
Andersen, Jakob Lykke
Flamm, Christoph
Dittrich, Peter
Merkle, Daniel
Molecular Networks
Systems and Control
Chemical Physics
J.2
The search for pathways that optimize the formation of a particular target molecule in a reaction network is a key problem in many settings, including reactor systems. Chemical reaction networks are mathematically well represented as hypergraphs, modeling that facilitates the search for pathways by computational means. We propose to enrich an existing search method for pathways by including thermodynamic principles. In more detail, we give a mixed-integer linear programming (mixed ILP) formulation of the search problem into which we integrate chemical potentials and concentrations for individual molecules, enabling us to constrain the search to return pathways containing only thermodynamically favorable reactions. Moreover, if multiple possible pathways are found, we can rank these by objective functions based on thermodynamics. As an example of use, we apply the framework to a reaction network representing the HCN-formamide chemistry. Alternative pathways to the one currently hypothesized in the literature are queried and enumerated, including some that score better according to our chosen objective function.
title Finding Thermodynamically Favorable Pathways in Chemical Reaction Networks Using Flows in Hypergraphs and Mixed-Integer Linear Programming
topic Molecular Networks
Systems and Control
Chemical Physics
J.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15900