Chemistry::File::SLN - SLN linear notation parser/writer
#!/usr/bin/perl use Chemistry::File::SLN; # parse a SLN string for benzene my $s = 'C[1]H:CH:CH:CH:CH:CH@1'; my $mol = Chemistry::Mol->parse($s, format => 'sln'); # print a SLN string print $mol->print(format => 'sln'); # print a unique (canonical) SLN string print $mol->print(format => 'sln', unique => 1); # parse a multiline SLN file my @mols = Chemistry::Mol->read("file.sln", format => 'sln'); # write a multiline SLN file Chemistry::Mol->write("file.sln", mols => [@mols]);
This module parses a SLN (Sybyl Line Notation) string. This is a File I/O driver for the PerlMol project. http://www.perlmol.org/. It registers the 'sln' format with Chemistry::Mol, and recognizes filenames ending in '.sln'.
Optional attributes for atoms, bonds, and molecules are stored as $atom->attr("sln/attr"), $bond->attr("sln/attr"), and $mol->attr("sln/attr"), respectively. Boolean attributes are stored with a value of 'TRUE'. That's the way boolean attributes are recognized when writing, so that they can be written in the shortened form.
$sln_attr->{backbone} = 1; # would be ouput as "C[backbone=1]" $sln_attr->{backbone} = 'TRUE'; # would be ouput as "C[backbone]"
Also note that attribute names are normalized to lowercase on reading.
The following options are available when reading:
Assign bond orders for unsatisfied valences or for aromatic bonds. For example, benzene read as C[1]H:CH:CH:CH:CH:CH@1 will be converted internally to something like C[1]H=CHCH=CHCH=CH@1. This is needed if another format or module expects a Kekule representation without an aromatic bond type.
The following options are available when writing:
If this option points to an array of molecules, these molecules will be written, one per line, as in the example in the SYNOPSYS.
Detect aromaticity before writing. This will ensure that aromatic bond types are used instead of alternate single and double bonds.
Canonicalize before writing, and produce a unique strucure. NOTE: this option does not guarantee a unique representation for molecules with bracketed attributes.
Include the name of the molecule ($mol->name) in the output string.
Include the 3D coordinates of every atom in the molecule in the output string. coord3d and coords may be used interchangeably.
coord3d
coords
Output the atom, bond, and molecule attributes found in $mol->attr("sln/attr"), etc.
This version does not implement the full SLN specification. It supports simple structures and some attributes, but it does not support any of the following:
The SLN specification is vague on several points, and I don't have a reference implementation available, so I had to make several arbitrary decisions. Also, this version of this module has not been tested exhaustively, so please report any bugs that you find.
If the parser doesn't understand a string, it only says "syntax error", which may not be very helpful.
0.11
Chemistry::Mol, Chemistry::File, Chemistry::File::SMILES
The PerlMol website http://www.perlmol.org/
Ash, S.; Cline, M. A.; Homer, R. W.; Hurst, T.; Smith, G. B., SYBYL Line Notation (SLN): A Versatile Language for Chemical Structure Representation. J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci; 1997; 37(1); 71-79. DOI: 10.1021/ci960109j (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ci960109j)
Ivan Tubert-Brohman <itub@cpan.org>
Copyright (c) 2004 Ivan Tubert-Brohman. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Chemistry::File::SLN, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Chemistry::File::SLN
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Chemistry::File::SLN
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.