StripMol(self,
mol,
dontRemoveEverything=False)
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>>> remover = SaltRemover(defnData="[Cl,Br]")
>>> len(remover.salts)
1
>>> mol = Chem.MolFromSmiles('CN(C)C.Cl')
>>> res = remover.StripMol(mol)
>>> res is not None
True
>>> res.GetNumAtoms()
4
Notice that all salts are removed:
>>> mol = Chem.MolFromSmiles('CN(C)C.Cl.Cl.Br')
>>> res = remover.StripMol(mol)
>>> res.GetNumAtoms()
4
Matching (e.g. "salt-like") atoms in the molecule are unchanged:
>>> mol = Chem.MolFromSmiles('CN(Br)Cl')
>>> res = remover.StripMol(mol)
>>> res.GetNumAtoms()
4
>>> mol = Chem.MolFromSmiles('CN(Br)Cl.Cl')
>>> res = remover.StripMol(mol)
>>> res.GetNumAtoms()
4
Charged salts are handled reasonably:
>>> mol = Chem.MolFromSmiles('C[NH+](C)(C).[Cl-]')
>>> res = remover.StripMol(mol)
>>> res.GetNumAtoms()
4
Watch out for this case (everything removed):
>>> remover = SaltRemover()
>>> len(remover.salts)>1
True
>>> mol = Chem.MolFromSmiles('CC(=O)O.[Na]')
>>> res = remover.StripMol(mol)
>>> res.GetNumAtoms()
0
dontRemoveEverything helps with this by leaving the last salt:
>>> res = remover.StripMol(mol,dontRemoveEverything=True)
>>> res.GetNumAtoms()
4
but in cases where the last salts are the same, it can't choose
between them, so it returns all of them:
>>> mol = Chem.MolFromSmiles('Cl.Cl')
>>> res = remover.StripMol(mol,dontRemoveEverything=True)
>>> res.GetNumAtoms()
2
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