Generative structural elucidation from mass spectra as an iterative optimization problem
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| author | Manjrekar, Mrunali Wang, Runzhong Goldman, Samuel Fromer, Jenna C. Coley, Connor W. |
| author_facet | Manjrekar, Mrunali Wang, Runzhong Goldman, Samuel Fromer, Jenna C. Coley, Connor W. |
| contents | Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is a critical analytical technique for molecular identification across metabolomics, environmental chemistry, and chemical forensics. A variety of computational methods have emerged for structural annotation of spectral features of interest, but many of these features cannot be confidently annotated with reference structures or spectra. Here, we introduce FOAM (Formula-constrained Optimization for Annotating Metabolites), a computational workflow that poses structure elucidation from LC-MS/MS as an iterative optimization problem. FOAM couples a formula-constrained graph genetic algorithm with spectral simulation to explore candidate annotations given an experimental spectrum. We demonstrate FOAM's performance on the NIST'20 and MassSpecGym datasets as both a standalone elucidation pipeline and as a complement to existing inverse models. This work establishes iterative optimization as an effective and extensible paradigm for structural elucidation. |
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| spellingShingle | Generative structural elucidation from mass spectra as an iterative optimization problem Manjrekar, Mrunali Wang, Runzhong Goldman, Samuel Fromer, Jenna C. Coley, Connor W. Quantitative Methods Neural and Evolutionary Computing Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is a critical analytical technique for molecular identification across metabolomics, environmental chemistry, and chemical forensics. A variety of computational methods have emerged for structural annotation of spectral features of interest, but many of these features cannot be confidently annotated with reference structures or spectra. Here, we introduce FOAM (Formula-constrained Optimization for Annotating Metabolites), a computational workflow that poses structure elucidation from LC-MS/MS as an iterative optimization problem. FOAM couples a formula-constrained graph genetic algorithm with spectral simulation to explore candidate annotations given an experimental spectrum. We demonstrate FOAM's performance on the NIST'20 and MassSpecGym datasets as both a standalone elucidation pipeline and as a complement to existing inverse models. This work establishes iterative optimization as an effective and extensible paradigm for structural elucidation. |
| title | Generative structural elucidation from mass spectra as an iterative optimization problem |
| topic | Quantitative Methods Neural and Evolutionary Computing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07709 |