On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Otis Rothenberger <osrot...@chemagic.com>wrote:

>  Bob,
>


> You can check me on the alpha-D-talose. I've been known to show the same
> aldose confusion as some of my students.
>
>
I'm pretty sure it's alpha-L-talose. The point is that like so many of these
databases, they are not definitively correct. They've been put together too
fast and are mostly(?) unchecked. Too bad, really.

Bob


>
> Otis
>
> Otis Rothenbergerchemagic.com
>
>
> On 8/24/2010 7:41 PM, Robert Hanson wrote:
>
> oh my oh my oh my....
>
> I've changed the SMILES server url in 12.1 to this NIH server because it is
> so very fast and I am SO impressed -- superb conversion to 3D, even for
> steroids. Stereochemistry is good, conformation is good. Allene
> stereochemistry is missing, but incorrect SMILES bond stereochemistry is
> accepted graciously.
>
>
> And this means you can now use:
>
>  load $cyclohexane
>  load $benzene
>  load $3-methoxytoluene
>  load $cholesterol
>  load $aspirin
>  load $taxol
>  load $viagra
>
> wow!
>
> BUT...
>
> You do have to be careful. I also notice that these two give the same
> return:
>
>  load $allose
>  load $mannose
>
> giving  C(O)[...@h]1[c@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[...@h](O)O1
>
> which I believe is L-talose!
>
> and
>
> load $glucose
>
> loads alpha-D-glucose with an extra H2O off to the side!
>
> So there are a few issues there. But still, this is great!
>
> Thank you, Otis!
>
> Bob
>
>
>
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>
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> it is better to take what answer we get.
>
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