Retro3D: A 3D-aware Template-free Method for Enhancing Retrosynthesis via Molecular Conformer Information

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Auteurs principaux: Zhuang, Jiaxi, Zhang, Yu, Zhang, Yan, Qian, Ying, Zhou, Aimin
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author Zhuang, Jiaxi
Zhang, Yu
Zhang, Yan
Qian, Ying
Zhou, Aimin
author_facet Zhuang, Jiaxi
Zhang, Yu
Zhang, Yan
Qian, Ying
Zhou, Aimin
contents Retrosynthesis plays a crucial role in the fields of organic synthesis and drug development, where the goal is to identify suitable reactants that can yield a target product molecule. Although existing methods have achieved notable success, they typically overlook the 3D conformational details and internal spatial organization of molecules. This oversight makes it challenging to predict reactants that conform to genuine chemical principles, particularly when dealing with complex molecular structures, such as polycyclic and heteroaromatic compounds. In response to this challenge, we introduce a novel transformer-based, template-free approach that incorporates 3D conformer data and spatial information. Our approach includes an Atom-align Fusion module that integrates 3D positional data at the input stage, ensuring correct alignment between atom tokens and their respective 3D coordinates. Additionally, we propose a Distance-weighted Attention mechanism that refines the self-attention process, constricting the model s focus to relevant atom pairs in 3D space. Extensive experiments on the USPTO-50K dataset demonstrate that our model outperforms previous template-free methods, setting a new benchmark for the field. A case study further highlights our method s ability to predict reasonable and accurate reactants.
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spellingShingle Retro3D: A 3D-aware Template-free Method for Enhancing Retrosynthesis via Molecular Conformer Information
Zhuang, Jiaxi
Zhang, Yu
Zhang, Yan
Qian, Ying
Zhou, Aimin
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Retrosynthesis plays a crucial role in the fields of organic synthesis and drug development, where the goal is to identify suitable reactants that can yield a target product molecule. Although existing methods have achieved notable success, they typically overlook the 3D conformational details and internal spatial organization of molecules. This oversight makes it challenging to predict reactants that conform to genuine chemical principles, particularly when dealing with complex molecular structures, such as polycyclic and heteroaromatic compounds. In response to this challenge, we introduce a novel transformer-based, template-free approach that incorporates 3D conformer data and spatial information. Our approach includes an Atom-align Fusion module that integrates 3D positional data at the input stage, ensuring correct alignment between atom tokens and their respective 3D coordinates. Additionally, we propose a Distance-weighted Attention mechanism that refines the self-attention process, constricting the model s focus to relevant atom pairs in 3D space. Extensive experiments on the USPTO-50K dataset demonstrate that our model outperforms previous template-free methods, setting a new benchmark for the field. A case study further highlights our method s ability to predict reasonable and accurate reactants.
title Retro3D: A 3D-aware Template-free Method for Enhancing Retrosynthesis via Molecular Conformer Information
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12434