PGFS++: Molecular Property Improvement under Synthesis and Diversity Constraints
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arXiv:2608.19121v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Improving molecular properties, such as drug-likeness or binding affinity, is a recurring task in early-stage drug discovery. However, molecules optimized in an unconstrained chemical space have limited practical value if they cannot be synthesized. Policy Gradient for Forward Synthesis (PGFS) is a synthesis-aware reinforcement learning method for molecular improvement, but its use of reactant embedding prediction makes reactant selection indirect, which, as we show, limits learning effectiveness. We first develop PGFS+, in which reaction templ
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2608.19121v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Improving molecular properties, such as drug-likeness or binding affinity, is a recurring task in early-stage drug discovery.
- However, molecules optimized in an unconstrained chemical space have limited practical value if they cannot be synthesized.
- Policy Gradient for Forward Synthesis (PGFS) is a synthesis-aware reinforcement learning method for molecular improvement, but its use of reactant embedding prediction makes reactant selection indirect, which, as we show, limits learning effectiveness.
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