Rapid conformation searching. Part 2.¹ Similar compounds

Abstract

A strategy for rapidly searching the conformation space of similar compounds is presented. The use of information from previous conformation searches is shown to be effective in the exploration of the conformation space of new systems. This will be useful in exploring the conformation properties of libraries of compounds, or in developing structures from simple model compounds.

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