Jennifer,

On your page, students make several choices to set up a problem. It appears 
that each choice does a GET and reloads the page from sever with appropriate 
page modification. How hard would it be to return the correct SMILES on each of 
these GETS?

Otis

--
Otis Rothenberger
o...@chemagic.org
http://chemagic.org

> On Jul 19, 2016, at 4:35 PM, Jennifer L. Muzyka <jennifer.muz...@centre.edu> 
> wrote:
> 
> Otis,
> Other information in the database includes:  CAS RN, InChI, InChiKey, and 
> ChemSpider ID.  I’m aware that the different sources for SMILES is a 
> potential issue, having already dealt with that.  I’m also aware that 
> compounds can have more than one CAS number and more than one ChemSpider ID 
> even though I learned that CAS numbers were unique back when I was in 
> college.  An unfortunate reality is that I don’t have all of the keys for 
> every compound.  Another potential problem with the database is that I might 
> not have removed all of the situations where a single compound appeared more 
> than once.  There are other things in the database (gifs, pdbs, jcamp 
> spectra) for some compounds.
> Jennifer
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 19, 2016, at 4:22 PM, Otis Rothenberger <osrot...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Jennifer,
>> 
>> The default is that JSME keeps explicit hydrogens to carbon, and these will 
>> show up in brackets. An option can be used to turn this off.
>> 
>> It sounds like you have a mix of SMILES that may have been created by 
>> options variations in the JSME implementations being used. That's a problem.
>> 
>> One more question, and then I'll do some more thinking. What other items or 
>> keys are in the database?
>> 
>> Otis 
>> 
>> --
>> Otis Rothenberger
>> o...@chemagic.org
>> http://chemagic.org
>> 
>> On Jul 19, 2016, at 4:01 PM, Jennifer L. Muzyka <jennifer.muz...@centre.edu> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Otis,
>>> 1200 of the compounds have SMILES that agree with the JSME version.  Those 
>>> were generated by a buddy of mine.  Then when I found some disagreed, I 
>>> went through them one by one to fix the ones that disagree.  
>>> 
>>> The next 3800 came from some other source than JSME when one of my students 
>>> imported the compounds into the database.  Most of those are not involved 
>>> in reactions so those compounds might not be relevant.  I anticipate that I 
>>> would change them one by one if needed so that they agree with JSME.  None 
>>> of those have SMILES that look like the stuff with brackets and H’s that 
>>> JSME produces.  They tend to use the slashes to indicate double bond 
>>> stereochemistry and @ to indicate chirality at stereocenters.  (People who 
>>> are more proficient programmers than I am could probably complete the task 
>>> more rapidly by automating it.)
>>> 
>>> Now I’m adding new reactions to accompany the question type where students 
>>> draw the starting material rather than the product, I’m adding new 
>>> compounds one by one.  I’m getting the SMILES for each of those compounds 
>>> from the JSME database.
>>> Jennifer
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 19, 2016, at 3:51 PM, Otis Rothenberger <osrot...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Jennifer,
>>>> 
>>>> On the student side, Jmol and JSME would be working together. This is no 
>>>> big deal - very easy. The problem is server side.
>>>> 
>>>> Let me think about this. Some important points: Do your existing database 
>>>> SMILES have stereo chemistry - i.e. / \ and @ notation where appropriate? 
>>>> Are they all JSME SMILES? Is there a possibility that the database 
>>>> creators may have drawn explicit hydrogens on carbon in non-stereo contect?
>>>> 
>>>> Otis
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Otis Rothenberger
>>>> o...@chemagic.org
>>>> http://chemagic.org
>>>> 
>>>> On Jul 19, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Jennifer L. Muzyka 
>>>> <jennifer.muz...@centre.edu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Otis,
>>>>> The SMILES database has about 5000 compounds in it.  I’m  confused about 
>>>>> how JSmol works here.  Would there be a JSmol drawing interface rather 
>>>>> than JSME?  I guess I need to go read the Jmol documentation about how to 
>>>>> get the SMILES stuff working.  Is there some automated process to get the 
>>>>> Jmol versions of the SMILES to update the database?
>>>>> Jennifer
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 19, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Otis Rothenberger <osrot...@icloud.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jennifer,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For the most part,  there is no cross application canonical SMILES. 
>>>>>> Daylight never released the technical details to their reduction to 
>>>>>> canonical algorithm. Consequently, uniqueness exists only within a given 
>>>>>> “copycat” application. I believe PubChem uses Open Eye SMILES. If you 
>>>>>> were comparing Open Eye unique SMILES to Open Eye unique SMILE, you 
>>>>>> could do a simple string comparison.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> JSME is top notch in my opinion. I would not use any other online 
>>>>>> drawing software, but with JSME, you cannot have canonical (unique) 
>>>>>> SMILES AND stereochemistry. If you want simple string comparison, both 
>>>>>> SMILES (sever and student drawn) will have to be JSME without E/Z and 
>>>>>> stereo chemistry. I’m almost certain that this has not changed since the 
>>>>>> "old doc" in the previous email. I think this means that you are going 
>>>>>> to have to use these explicit options in server and client JSME SMILE 
>>>>>> creation: noquery (this is default), noautoez, canonize (this is 
>>>>>> default), nostereo. I’d list all explicitly.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This probably not what you actually want, and that’s the absolute beauty 
>>>>>> of what Bob created in JSmol! With Bob’s approach, the cross application 
>>>>>> unique SMILES barriers do not matter. Bob took the expression “unique 
>>>>>> SMILES” and made it obsolete!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> To do this (include stereochemistry via Bob’s approach) you will also 
>>>>>> have to make some options selections in JSME, but you will also be able 
>>>>>> to use E/Z and stereochemistry.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> How large is your SMILES database?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Otis Rothenberger
>>>>>> o...@chemagic.org
>>>>>> http://chemagic.org
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jul 19, 2016, at 1:23 PM, Jennifer L. Muzyka 
>>>>>>> <jennifer.muz...@centre.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Otis,
>>>>>>> The SMILES goes back to the MySQL database for comparison rather than 
>>>>>>> just running JavaScript within the browser.  The stuff in the database 
>>>>>>> was all generated with JSME.  (So I’m confused about how adding Jmol to 
>>>>>>> the mix will help.)  The “canonical” SMILES generated by JSME sure 
>>>>>>> doesn’t look like the canonical SMILES provided in PubChem.  But maybe 
>>>>>>> I’m actually getting SMARTS?  I will go read the documentation you have 
>>>>>>> pointed out.  
>>>>>>> Jennifer
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Jul 18, 2016, at 10:56 PM, Otis Rothenberger <osrot...@icloud.com> 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Jennifer,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I knew this statement was out there. It took me a while to find the 
>>>>>>>> Web doc:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> "public String JME.smiles()
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> returns a SMILES string of the current molecule(s) or reaction. For 
>>>>>>>> single molecule without stereochemistry the SMILES is unique, 
>>>>>>>> unification is not yet implemented for molecules with stereochemistry 
>>>>>>>> and for reactions.”
>>>>>>>> http://www.molinspiration.com/jme/doc/jme_functions.html
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It’s an old doc, but I’m sure it still applies.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Since canonize is the default in JSME, you’re going to have to select 
>>>>>>>> nocanonize!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Also, your current option setting sets the “query” option. That sets 
>>>>>>>> up SMARTS mode. I don’t think that is what you want?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Although it’s commented out in your current HTML, it looks like you 
>>>>>>>> are set of for a simple string comparison. That’s not going to work. 
>>>>>>>> This is where Bob’s JSmol .find approach comes into play - my previous 
>>>>>>>> email.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I’ve been using a Jmol/JSME SMILES comparison for quite a while, so 
>>>>>>>> don’t hesitate to ask if you need more specific information.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Otis
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Otis Rothenberger
>>>>>>>> o...@chemagic.org
>>>>>>>> http://chemagic.org
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 18, 2016, at 4:22 PM, Otis Rothenberger <osrot...@icloud.com> 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Jennifer,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> You have to set SMILES settings in the JSME options part of your JSME 
>>>>>>>>> set-up to invoke stereochemistry and E/Z. This page explains all of 
>>>>>>>>> the options and the set up procedure:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> http://peter-ertl.com/jsme/JSME_2015-06-14/doc.html
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> BUT, BUT,  it looks like you are doing SMILES comparisons, and with 
>>>>>>>>> stereochemistry and E/Z invoked, I’m pretty sure JSME SMILES are not 
>>>>>>>>> unique. The best way to compare SMILES is with JSmol. In the case of 
>>>>>>>>> your page, you could hide JSmol on the page. Comparison can be done 
>>>>>>>>> in JavaScript:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> function compSmiles(key, ans) {
>>>>>>>>> key = key.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
>>>>>>>>> ans = ans.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
>>>>>>>>> return Jmol.evaluateVar(jmolApplet0. "'" + key + "'.find('SMILES','" 
>>>>>>>>> + ans + "') > 0");
>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> My quotes above are hard to read, so here’s the function with spaces 
>>>>>>>>> to emphasis the quotes:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> function compSmiles(key, ans) {
>>>>>>>>> key = key.replace(/\\/g, ' \\\\ ');
>>>>>>>>> ans = ans.replace(/\\/g, ' \\\\ ');
>>>>>>>>> return Jmol.evaluateVar(jmolApplet0. " ' " + key + " 
>>>>>>>>> '.find('SMILES',' " + ans + " ') > 0");
>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> The replace statements above are needed to place the SMILES \ 
>>>>>>>>> notation into a JavaScript string - i.e. correct the fact that \ in a 
>>>>>>>>> character escape in JavaScript.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Otis
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Otis Rothenberger
>>>>>>>>> o...@chemagic.org
>>>>>>>>> http://chemagic.org
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