On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Pascal Muller
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Framework. The framework is defined as the union of ring systems and
> linkers in a molecule.

Hmm, I suppose that's correct then.

> I understand the framework definition as the union of _all_ ring
> systems, and linkers are present only if there is at least two ring
> systems.

> As shown in Charts 1 and 2, the framework could consist of just one
> cycle (e.g. benzene), without linker.

That should not be a valid framework according to the definition since
it lacks a linker

> And the number of "cyclohexane" graph occurence (chart 1) doesn't
> include the number of the other graph with cyclohexane (606 <
> 195+119+108+55+57+47+45...).

Not sure what you're referring to here

> What do you think about this interpretation?

It makes sense

> Of course, listing all combinations of ring systems and linkers could
> be interesting too. But it could lead to a great number of frameworks
> (many molecules have 6 ring systems or more).

That is true - my code current generates all framework combinations
and one can always obtain the "true" Murcko framework by taking the
largest framework

-- 
Rajarshi Guha
NIH Chemical Genomics Center

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