Molecule File Conversion with MolConverter

Molconverter is a command line program in Marvin Beans and JChem that converts between various file types.

Usage

molconvert [options] outformat[:exportoptions] [files...]

The outformat argument must be the codename of one of the supported formats. That can be found in the page of each file format. Some example:

Format type

Codename of the format

Document formats

mrv , cdx, cdxml, skc

Molecule file formats

mol , rgf , sdf , rdf , csmol, csrgf, cssdf, csrdf , csv,
cml , smarts, cxsmarts, smiles, cxsmiles, abbrevgroup, peptide,
sybyl, mol2, pdb, xyz, inchi, name

Graphics formats

jpeg, msbmp, png, pov, svg, emf, tiff, eps

Compression and Encoding

gzip, base64

Alternatively , use

molconvert [options] query-encoding [files...]

to query the automatically detected encodings of the specified molecule files.

From files having doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xls, odt, pdf, xml, html or txt format, Molconvert is able to recognize the name of compounds and convert it to any of the above mentioned output formats.

Options

-o file

Write output to specified file instead of standard output

-m

Produce multiple output files

-e charset

Set the input character encoding. The encoding must be supported by Java.

-e [in ]..[ out]

Set the input (in) and/or output (out) character encodings. Examples: UTF-8, ASCII, Cp1250 (Windows Eastern European), Cp1252 (Windows Latin 1), ms932 (Windows Japanese).

-s string

Read molecule from specified SMILES, SMARTS or peptide string (try to recognize its format)

-s string { format : options }

Read molecule from the string in the specified format (can be omitted), using the specified importoptions (can be omitted)

-f <string>

Specify the import format and options

--smiles string

Read molecule from specified SMILES string

--smarts string

Read molecule from specified SMARTS string

--peptide string

Read molecule from specified peptide string

-g

Continue with next molecule on error (default: exit on error)

-Y

Remove explicit H atoms

-I <range>

process input molecules with molecule index (1-based) falling into the specified range (e.g. 5-8,15 refers to molecules 5,6,7,8,15)

-U

fuse input molecules and output the union

-R <file>[:<range>]

fuse fragments to input molecule(s) from file with specified mol index range range syntax: "-5,10-20,25,26,38-" (e.g. -R frags.mrv:20-)

-R<i> <file>[:<range>]

fuse R<i> definition members to input molecule(s) from file in specified index range (e.g. -R1 rdef1.mrv:5-8,19)

-R<i>:<1|2> <file>[:<range>]

fuse R<i> definition members to input molecule(s) from file in specified index range, filter molecules having 1 (2, resp.) attachment points (e.g. -R1:2 rdef1.mrv:-3,8-10)

-F

Remove small fragments, keep the largest

-c"f1 OP value&f2 OP value..."

Filtering by the values of fields in the case of SDF import.
OP may be: =,<,>,<=,>=

--mol-fields-to-records

Convert molecule type fields to separate records.

-v

Verbose

-vv

Very verbose (print stack trace at error)

-2 [ : options] [ : F<i1><i2>...,<iN>]

Calculate 2D coordinates Options for coordinate calculation.
Performs partial clean with fixed atom coordinates for atoms <i1><i2>...,<iN> (1-based indexes) if the Fparameter is specified.

-3 [ : options]

Calculate 3D coordinates
Options for coordinate calculation.

-H3D

Help on options for 3D calculations. Detailed list on Clean 3d Options

Import options can be specified between braces, in one of the following forms:

filename{options}

 

filename{MULTISET,options}

to merge molecules into one that contains multiple atom sets

filename{format:}

to skip automatic format recognition

filename{format:options}

 

filename{format:MULTISET,options}

 

You can also pass options to JAVA VM when you run the application from command line.

Export options:

a, +a, +a_gen

General aromatization. Example: "XXX:a"

a_bas

Basic aromatization. Example: "XXX:a_bas"

a_loose

Loose aromatization. Example: "XXX:a_loose"

a_ambig

Ambiguous aromatization. Example: "XXX:a_ambig"

-a, -a_gen

General Dearomatization. Example: "XXX:-a"

-a_huckel

Huckel dearomatization. Example: "XXX:-a_huckel"

-a_huckel_ex

Huckel dearomatization, throwing exception in case of failure. Example: "XXX:-a_huckel_ex"

H or +H

Add explicit Hydrogen atoms. Example: "XXX:H"

-H

Remove explicit Hydrogen atoms. Example: "XXX:-H"

Here, XXX can be any molecule or image format like mrv, mol, smiles, cxsmiles, abbrevgroup, cml, jpeg, png or svg, but aromatization options have no effect on formats which do not store bond orders like cube, pdb and xyz.

mol:V2

for exporting position variation bond to MDL mol v2000

Examples

  1. Printing the SMILES string of a molecule in a molfile

    molconvert smiles caffeine.mol

  2. Dearomatizing an aromatic molecule:

    molconvert smiles:-a -s "c1ccccc1"

  3. Aromatizing a molecule:

    molconvert smiles:a -s "C1=CC=CC=C1"

    (The default general aromatization is used.)

  4. Aromatizing a molecule using the basic algorithm:

    molconvert smiles:a_bas -s "CN1C=NC2=C1C(=O)N(C)C(=O)N2C"

  5. Converting a SMILES file to MDL Molfile

    molconvert mol caffeine.smiles -o caffeine.mol

  6. Making an SDF from molfiles:

    molconvert sdf *.mol -o molecules.sdf

  7. Printing the encodings of SDfiles in the working directory:

    molconvert query-encoding *.sdf

  8. SMILES to Molfile with optimized 2D coordinate calculation, converting double bonds with unspecified cis/trans to "either"

    molconvert -2:2e mol caffeine.smiles -o caffeine.mol

  9. 2D coordinate calculation with optimization and fixed atom coordinates for atoms 1, 5, 6:

    molconvert -2:2:F1,5,6 mol caffeine.mol

  10. Import a file as XYZ, do not try to recognize the file format:

    molconvert smiles "foo.xyz{xyz:}"

    Note: This is just an example. XYZ and other formats known by Marvin are always recognized (send us a bug report otherwise), so the specification of the input format is usually not needed. It is only relevant if a user-defined import module is used.

  11. Import a file as XYZ, with bond-length cut-off = 1.4, and max. number of Carbon connections = 4, export to SMILES:

    molconvert smiles "foo.xyz{f1.4C4}"

  12. Import a file as Gzipped XYZ, with the same import options as in the previous example:

    molconvert smiles "foo.xyz.gz{gzip:xyz:f1.4C4}"

  13. Like the previous example but merge the molecules into one molecule that contains multiple atom sets. MDL molfile is exported.

    molconvert mol "foo.xyz.gz{gzip:xyz:MULTISET,f1.4C4}"

  14. Import an SDF and export a table containing selected molecules with columns: SMILES, ID, and logP:

    molconvert smiles -c "ID<=1000&logP>=-2&logP<=4" -T ID:logP foo.sdf

  15. Fuse R2 definition from file, filter fragments with 1 attachment point:

    molconvert mrv in.mrv -R2:1 rdef.mrv

  16. Fuse fragments from file (note, that the input molecule, which the fragments are fused to, should also be specified):

    molconvert mrv in.mrv -R frags.mrv

  17. Generate all common names for a structure:

    molconvert "name:common,all" -s tylenol

  18. Generate the most popular common name for a structure (It fails if none is known.):

    molconvert name:common -s viagra

  19. Generate SMILES from those molecules that names are mentioned in a file foo.html:

    molconvert smiles foo.html