Some simple organic questions

[Jacko123]

Hi All,

My first post.

 

Basically I'm from computer background and is very new to orgranic chemistry. You must be wondering why I'm here. Well, I develop softwares for my client who are basically from chemistry background. They want me to develop a chemistry related application where the user should be able to create molecules, set varius properties, see 3D view of molecules and view the synthesis result. The application that I'm developing is quite similar to "Chemsketch" but my application has options to see the synthesised results. This means you have a goal molecule. Now to achieve that goal molecule you may have various steps to obtain. My application determines how to achieve the goal molecule with best results. The result can be based on cost, yield etc.

now I have some basic questions regarding orgranic chemistry

There are variuos options I need to make use of in my application but I dont know what those means. Before I start creating the interface I just want to make sure I know what I'm doing. Here are the options and please let me know what each means

1. "atomlimit"

2. "carbonlimit"

3. "chirallimit"

4. "functionalgrouplimit"

5. "heteroatomlimit"

6. "ringlimit"

7. "catalog"

8. "doubtlimit"

9. "reflimit"

10. "steplimit"

11. "yieldlimit"

12. "resolutionlimit"

13. "asymmetriconly"

14. "ignorechirality"

15. "selective search"

16. "industrial"

17. "deomit"

18. "omit",

19. "omitcondition"

20. "omitreactionswithleavinggroup_x"

 

Thanks

[Darkblade48]

Well, I can safely say that 14) means that you're going to ignore chirality, i.e. R and S enantiomers.

[ecoli]

6) limit answers to reactions that form ring structures.

 

Its a little difficult to understand a lot of the choices, and if you have no orgo background at all, this sounds like this would very difficult to do, as there are many technical limitations to reactions. I'm about to take my second semester organic chem final in ~1 hour. I've done this stuff for a full year, and I still wouldn't say that I know very much about it.

 

Why can't your employer help you out?

[Jacko123]

Why can't your employer help you out?

 

Well, I am in constantly touch with my client and he clarifies any doubt I have. Can you please suggest me some resouces which can help me to get some fundamentals of organic chemistry. I dont want to become an expert but I think I should have basic knowledge to communicate with my employer.

 

How useful will my application be to chemistry guys???? Please provide some input..

Here is the description of my application

 

'The editor allows a chemist (or the user) to define the molecular structure for a compound and deduce various possible sub-molecule and its combination to achieve that after synthesising. This project consists of two (2) modules, a Molecule Editor and a Synthesis viewer. Molecule Editor allows the user to define the molecule structure, edit it and save it, while the Synthesis viewer allows the user to view the synthesised results. Molecule Editor generates an output file .CT or connection table information. This is the input for the synthesiser or chemistry engine, it then computes the break-up and unionization of molecules and generates a .SYN or synthesised file. Synthesis viewer loads the synthesized results in its viewer along with the %age yield in all possible paths, for the user to choose the right path to achieve the desired results.'

 

Thanks

[foodchain]

My vote is for option four.