ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
The present article addresses the problem of identifying the structure of a parent compound through its chemical fingerprints such as the various numbers of isomeric substitution patterns, along the lines of Kekulé when he arrived at his benzene formula. In a pioneering paper (1929), Lunn and Senior laid out the conceptual framework for the permutation group description of substitution isomerism. It remained, however, for Pólya's celebrated contribution (1937) to initiate the actual mathematical realization of their vision. Pólya supplied the tools for solving the isomer enumeration problem: given a (symmetrical) parent compound, enumerate its spectrum of substitution patterns. The converse problem, though ranked the more interesting one by Lunn & Senior, hardly received any mathematical attention. The present article offers a complete and effective solution.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540080515
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