Name to Structure Developer Guide¶

Using the API to convert a name to a structure:

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String input = "2,3-dimethylbenzoic acid";

Molecule m = MolImporter.importMol(input, "name");

The exact behavior of Name to Structure can be configured by including name format options after the name parameter and a colon, for instance name:ocr.

It is possible to register your own plugins to extend Name to Structure, for instance to lookup compound IDs in a database. This is documented in the NameConverters class.

See the Name to Structure User Guide for more information.