Hi Paolo,

That works perfectly, thanks a lot!

Best regards
Puck

On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 at 23:49, Paolo Tosco <paolo.tosco.m...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Puck,
>
> here's a gist that shows how to do an unconstrained minimization (first
> example, all atoms move) and one where all heavy atoms are fixed to their
> initial position (second example, only hydrogens move).
>
> https://gist.github.com/ptosco/eeaf8ce92f19b10702f58e45e393366a
>
> Cheers,
> p.
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 3:11 PM Puck van Gerwen <puck.vanger...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paolo,
>>
>> That works, thank you. I have a related question - after reading in
>> molecules with their coordinates, I remove hydrogens to make them implicit.
>> I later want to add the hydrogens back on and only optimise these, leaving
>> the heavy atoms alone. I tried to do this with an ethyne molecule where I
>> read the coordinates from an sdf file, removed the hydrogens, and added
>> them back on again. They are all added to the origin. I am trying and
>> failing to optimise the hydrogen positions without modifying the heavy
>> atoms. This is what I have so far:
>>
>> # C atoms in positions 0 and 1
>> a = mol.GetConformer().GetAtomPosition(0)
>> b = mol.GetConformer().GetAtomPosition(1)
>> cmap = {0 : a, 1 : b}
>> AllChem.EmbedMolecule(mol, core=mol, coordMap=cmap)
>>
>> AllChem.MMFFOptimizeMolecule(mol)
>>
>> When I print out the coordinates I can see the heavy atoms have also been
>> modified. Would you be able to help me out here?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Puck
>>
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 at 13:26, Paolo Tosco <paolo.tosco.m...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Puck,
>>>
>>> When you read a SDF file using a SDMolSupplier RDKit will retain 3D
>>> coordinates. You can access them from the mol Conformer (a molecule can
>>> have multiple Conforrmers; one is generated for you when you read a set of
>>> coordinates):
>>>
>>> mol.GetConformer().GetAtomPosition(atom_idx)
>>>
>>> If you wish to retain hydrogen atoms, make sure to set removeHs=False
>>> when creating the supplier.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> p.
>>>
>>> On 20 Aug 2020, at 12:54, Puck van Gerwen <puck.vanger...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear rdkit,
>>>
>>> I am wondering whether after reading a molecule from an sdf file, it is
>>> possible to keep the original 3d coordinates that were in that sdf file? I
>>> will modify the molecules (fragment bonds and saturate with hydrogen) but
>>> as much as possible I want to keep the original coordinates. For example,
>>> if I had H3C-CH=CH2 and I break the first bond to remove H3C (to saturate
>>> to CH4) leaving CH=CH2 (to saturate to H2C=CH2), would it be possible to
>>> keep the original C coordinates rather than generate conformations and so
>>> on?
>>>
>>> I appreciate the assistance.
>>> Best regards,
>>> --
>>> *Puck van Gerwen*
>>> Doktorandin / PhD candidate
>>> Departement Chemie
>>> Klingelbergstrasse 80
>>> CH-4056 Basel
>>> https://www.chemspacelab.org/
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> *Puck van Gerwen*
>> Doktorandin / PhD candidate
>> Departement Chemie
>> Klingelbergstrasse 80
>> CH-4056 Basel
>> https://www.chemspacelab.org/
>>
>

-- 
*Puck van Gerwen*
Doktorandin / PhD candidate
Departement Chemie
Klingelbergstrasse 80
CH-4056 Basel
https://www.chemspacelab.org/
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