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How Big Are Your MedChem Atoms

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Chemical Space is Big, Really Big.

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Who´s to blame for octanol

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The Rule of Two

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Which Amino Acid is the Strongest H-Bonder

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What to do with the HIV Protease Flap Water

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In Drug Design Two Thirds of H-bonds are Weak

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The Six Molecular Interactions

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How to Make a Small Molecule Drug

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Apple Trees & SGLT2

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How Big Are Your MedChem Atoms

by Darryl B McConnell 07/10/2024
by Darryl B McConnell 07/10/2024 4 minutes read

It is a strange phenomenon in medicinal chemistry that a measure of weight is…

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Chemical Space is Big, Really Big.

by Darryl B McConnell 09/01/2024
by Darryl B McConnell 09/01/2024 6 minutes read

Finding a hit for a new drug target can be one of the biggest…

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Who´s to blame for octanol

by Darryl B McConnell 08/01/2024
by Darryl B McConnell 08/01/2024 9 minutes read

Lipophilicity represents arguably the biggest risk factor in small molecule drug design and as…

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The Rule of Two

by Darryl B McConnell 25/12/2023
by Darryl B McConnell 25/12/2023 7 minutes read

In contrast to molecular weight and H-bond acceptor count, H-bond donor count and lipophilicity…

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Which Amino Acid is the Strongest H-Bonder

by Darryl B McConnell 16/08/2023
by Darryl B McConnell 16/08/2023 6 minutes read

When analyzing a drug binding pocket it is important to assess which amino acid…

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What to do with the HIV Protease Flap Water

by Darryl B McConnell 17/06/2023
by Darryl B McConnell 17/06/2023 7 minutes read

What to do with waters in the binding pocket of proteins is a conundrum…

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Key ConceptTheory

In Drug Design Two Thirds of H-bonds are Weak

by Darryl B McConnell 04/06/2023
by Darryl B McConnell 04/06/2023 6 minutes read

Medicinal chemists spend a lot of time thinking about how to make protein-ligand interactions…

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The Six Molecular Interactions

by Darryl B McConnell 18/03/2023
by Darryl B McConnell 18/03/2023 4 minutes read

Non-covalent molecular interactions in an aqueous environment and the resulting Gibbs free energy of…

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How to Make a Small Molecule Drug

by Darryl B McConnell 05/02/2023
by Darryl B McConnell 05/02/2023 7 minutes read

William Ripka, one of the pioneers of structure-based drug design, highlighted the conceptual simplicity…

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Apple Trees & SGLT2

by Darryl B McConnell 28/01/2023
by Darryl B McConnell 28/01/2023 6 minutes read

“How long does it take to discovery a drug?” is a questions I am…

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    Beautifully outlined, as always, Darryl. Thanks very much. For those of you who are…

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    No I don't think so. As HBDs differ in strength a simple fudge factor…

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