Abstract
In this review, a summary of methodologies is covered to enable medicinal chemists to access an overview of pKa estimation devices. In order to stave overutilization of costly synthetic resources, the chemist requires an accurate and computationally tractable solution for estimating a pKa of a candidate molecule. We focus on the cationic moieties, since they are so fundamentally important in the chemistry of drugs, and possess unique requirements to obtain a reasonably reliable pKa estimation.
Keywords: Solvation energy, continuum dielectric, scoring function, training set, pKa calculations, cations, physical chemical properties, computational chemistry, small molecules, pharmaceutics.
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title:Calculation Methods for the Enhancement of Pharmaceutical Properties in Small Molecules: Estimating the Cationic pKa
Volume: 19 Issue: 23
Author(s): Ann R. Hermone and Rick Gussio
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Keywords: Solvation energy, continuum dielectric, scoring function, training set, pKa calculations, cations, physical chemical properties, computational chemistry, small molecules, pharmaceutics.
Abstract: In this review, a summary of methodologies is covered to enable medicinal chemists to access an overview of pKa estimation devices. In order to stave overutilization of costly synthetic resources, the chemist requires an accurate and computationally tractable solution for estimating a pKa of a candidate molecule. We focus on the cationic moieties, since they are so fundamentally important in the chemistry of drugs, and possess unique requirements to obtain a reasonably reliable pKa estimation.
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Hermone Ann R. and Gussio Rick, Calculation Methods for the Enhancement of Pharmaceutical Properties in Small Molecules: Estimating the Cationic pKa, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2013; 19 (23) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612811319230012
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612811319230012 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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