Molecular Characterization

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Machine-readable representations, descriptors, and features of molecules are vital for constructing statistical and machine learning models for chemical property prediction. In C-CAS, we use experimental data from spectroscopic techniques such as FTIR, UV-Vis, NMR, and mass spectrometry to construct and develop molecular representations.

Publications

  • Jie Xu, Samantha Grosslight, Kyle A. Mack, Sierra C. Nguyen, Kyle Clagg, Ngiap-Kie Lim, Jacob C. Timmerman, Jeff Shen, Nicholas A. White, Lauren E. Sirois, Chong Han, Haiming Zhang*, Matthew S. Sigman*, and Francis Gosselin. Atroposelective Negishi Coupling Optimization Guided by Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis: Asymmetric Synthesis of KRAS G12C Covalent Inhibitor GDC-6036. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 45, 20955-20963.  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c09917

  • Guo, K., Nan, B., Zhou, Y., Guo, T., Guo, Z., Surve, M., Liang, Z., Chawla, N.V., Wiest, O., Zhang, X. Can LLMs Solve Molecular Puzzles? A Multimodal Benchmark for Molecular Structure Elucidation. NeurPS 2024 https://nips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/97472

  • Park, Y., Slshafei, F.H., Silva De Moraes, L., Hernandez Rodriguez, I., Deem, M.W., Nelson, H.M., Davis, M.E., High-Silica, Enantiomerically Enriched STW-Type Molecular Sieves. Chem. Mater. 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01792

  • Gusev, F., Kline, B.C., Quinn, R., Xu, A., Smith, B., Frezza, B., Isayev, O., Machine Learning anomaly detection of automated HPLC experiments in the Cloud Laboratory. Dig. Disc. 2025, 4, 3445-3454 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5DD00253B

  • Jin, T., Sass, J.I., Gao, W., Hurst, A.A., Coley, C.W.; Alexander-Katz, A., 2026. Polymerized Short Sequences as a Template for Protein Folding and Evolution. Nano Lett. 2026, 26, ASAP https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c00527

  • Sigmund LM, Sowndarya S, Albers A, Erdmann P, Paton RS, Greb L. Predicting Lewis Acidity: Machine‐Learning the Fluoride Ion Affinity of p‐Block‐Atom‐based Molecules. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2024 Mar 7:e202401084. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202401084

  • Eremin, D.B., Jha, K.K., Delgadillo, D.A., Zhng, H., Foxman, S.H., Johnson, S.N., Vlahakis, N.W., Cascio, D., Lavallo, V., Rodriguez, J.A., Nelson, H.M. Spatially Aware Defraction Mapping Enables Fully Autonomous MicroED. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147,46,4299-42310. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c10751

  • de Moraes, L.S., Burch, J.E., Delgadillo, D.A., Rodriguez, I.H., Mai, H., Smith, A.G., Caille, S., Walker, S.D., Wurz, R.P., Cee, V.J. and Rodriguez, J.A. Structural Elucidation and Absolute Stereochemistry for Pharma Compounds Using MicroED. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, ASAP https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01865