Reactions Discovery

See also

Example illustrating how to use Reactions Discovery with AMS.

Question to be answered: NH₂-CH₂-CH₂-OH + CO₂ + H₂O → ???

Answer from this example: Side products include NH₃, NH₂-CH₂-CH=O, OH-NH-CH₂-CH₂-OH, …

Note

Reactions Discovery depends on randomly filling a space with molecules. You are likely to get somewhat different results if you run this example!

To follow along, either

Worked Example

Initial imports

from typing import List
import scm.plams as plams
from scm.input_classes import engines
from scm.reactions_discovery import ReactionsDiscoveryJob
from rdkit import Chem
from rdkit.Chem import Draw

# Settings for displaying molecules in the notebook
from rdkit.Chem.Draw import IPythonConsole

IPythonConsole.ipython_useSVG = True
IPythonConsole.molSize = 250, 250

# this line is not required in AMS2025+
plams.init()
PLAMS working folder: /path/plams/examples/ReactionsDiscovery/plams_workdir.002

Helpers for showing molecules

def draw_molecules(molecules: List[plams.Molecule]):
    smiles = [molecule.properties.smiles for molecule in molecules]
    return draw_smiles(smiles)


def draw_smiles(smiles: List[str]):
    rd_mols = [Chem.MolFromSmiles(s) for s in smiles]
    return Draw.MolsToGridImage(rd_mols)

The ReactionsDiscoveryJob class

job = ReactionsDiscoveryJob(name="MyDiscovery")
driver = job.input
md = driver.MolecularDynamics

Setting up the reactants for molecular dynamics

md.NumSimulations = 4
build = md.BuildSystem
build.NumAtoms = 250
build.Density = 0.9
build.Molecule[0].SMILES = "O"  # Water
build.Molecule[0].MoleFraction = 1
build.Molecule[1].SMILES = "NCCO"  # MEA
build.Molecule[1].MoleFraction = 2
build.Molecule[2].SMILES = "O=C=O"  # Carbondioxide
build.Molecule[2].MoleFraction = 3
draw_smiles([build.Molecule[i].SMILES.val for i in range(len(build.Molecule))])
../../_images/reactions_discovery_7_0.svg

Setting up reactive molecular dynamics

md.Enabled = "Yes"
md.Type = "NanoReactor"
reactor = md.NanoReactor
reactor.NumCycles = 10
reactor.Temperature = 500
reactor.MinVolumeFraction = 0.6

Setting up network extraction and ranking

network = driver.NetworkExtraction
network.Enabled = "Yes"
network.UseCharges = "Yes"
ranking = driver.ProductRanking
ranking.Enabled = "Yes"

Selecting the AMS engine to use

engine = engines.ReaxFF()
engine.ForceField = "Glycine.ff"
engine.TaperBO = "Yes"  # This is a really important setting for reaction analysis with ReaxFF potentials
driver.Engine = engine

Running reactions discovery

result = job.run()  # start the job
job.check()  # check if job was succesful
[11.02|09:43:46] JOB MyDiscovery STARTED
[11.02|09:43:46] JOB MyDiscovery RUNNING
[11.02|09:46:16] JOB MyDiscovery FINISHED
[11.02|09:46:17] JOB MyDiscovery SUCCESSFUL





True

Obtain the results

graph, molecules, categories = result.get_network()

Categories

The categories are Products Reactants and Unstable, as described in the reactions discovery manual. molecules is a dictionairy with keys equal to the categories and each concomitant value is a list of PLAMS molecules.

print(categories)
['Reactants', 'Products', 'Unstable']
draw_molecules(molecules["Reactants"])
../../_images/reactions_discovery_20_0.svg

Products

These are the side products that reactions discovery found in the order as found by the ranking algorithm.

draw_molecules(molecules["Products"][:6])
../../_images/reactions_discovery_22_0.svg

Unstable

Unstable products were determined to not likely exist outside of reactive dynamics. This e.g. includes radicals or structures that don’t form stable molecules in isolation. Not all unstable molecules have a sensible 2d structure, so instead we plot their 3d structure.

for unstable_molecule in molecules["Unstable"][:3]:
    plams.plot_molecule(unstable_molecule);
../../_images/reactions_discovery_24_0.png
../../_images/reactions_discovery_24_1.png
../../_images/reactions_discovery_24_2.png

Graph of the reaction network

The graph is a bipartate networkx DiGraph with reaction and molecule nodes. This can be stored on disk in standard graph formats, e.g. .gml

import networkx as nx

nx.write_gml(graph, "reaction_network.gml")

Load a job not originally run by PLAMS

from scm.plams import FileError

try:
    job = ReactionsDiscoveryJob.load_external("plams_workdir/MyDiscovery")
    graph, molecules, categories = job.results.get_network()
except FileError:
    pass

Complete Python code

#!/usr/bin/env amspython
# coding: utf-8

# ## Initial imports

from typing import List
import scm.plams as plams
from scm.input_classes import engines
from scm.reactions_discovery import ReactionsDiscoveryJob
from rdkit import Chem
from rdkit.Chem import Draw

# Settings for displaying molecules in the notebook
from rdkit.Chem.Draw import IPythonConsole

IPythonConsole.ipython_useSVG = True
IPythonConsole.molSize = 250, 250

# this line is not required in AMS2025+
plams.init()


# ## Helpers for showing molecules


def draw_molecules(molecules: List[plams.Molecule]):
    smiles = [molecule.properties.smiles for molecule in molecules]
    return draw_smiles(smiles)


def draw_smiles(smiles: List[str]):
    rd_mols = [Chem.MolFromSmiles(s) for s in smiles]
    return Draw.MolsToGridImage(rd_mols)


# ## The ReactionsDiscoveryJob class

job = ReactionsDiscoveryJob(name="MyDiscovery")
driver = job.input
md = driver.MolecularDynamics


# ## Setting up the reactants for molecular dynamics

md.NumSimulations = 4
build = md.BuildSystem
build.NumAtoms = 250
build.Density = 0.9
build.Molecule[0].SMILES = "O"  # Water
build.Molecule[0].MoleFraction = 1
build.Molecule[1].SMILES = "NCCO"  # MEA
build.Molecule[1].MoleFraction = 2
build.Molecule[2].SMILES = "O=C=O"  # Carbondioxide
build.Molecule[2].MoleFraction = 3
draw_smiles([build.Molecule[i].SMILES.val for i in range(len(build.Molecule))])


# ## Setting up reactive molecular dynamics

md.Enabled = "Yes"
md.Type = "NanoReactor"
reactor = md.NanoReactor
reactor.NumCycles = 10
reactor.Temperature = 500
reactor.MinVolumeFraction = 0.6


# ## Setting up network extraction and ranking

network = driver.NetworkExtraction
network.Enabled = "Yes"
network.UseCharges = "Yes"
ranking = driver.ProductRanking
ranking.Enabled = "Yes"


# ## Selecting the AMS engine to use

engine = engines.ReaxFF()
engine.ForceField = "Glycine.ff"
engine.TaperBO = "Yes"  # This is a really important setting for reaction analysis with ReaxFF potentials
driver.Engine = engine


# ## Running reactions discovery

result = job.run()  # start the job
job.check()  # check if job was succesful


# ## Obtain the results

graph, molecules, categories = result.get_network()


# ## Categories
#
# The categories are `Products` `Reactants` and `Unstable`, as described in the reactions discovery manual. `molecules` is a dictionairy with keys equal to the categories and each concomitant value is a list of PLAMS molecules.

print(categories)


draw_molecules(molecules["Reactants"])


# ## Products
#
# These are the side products that reactions discovery found in the order as found by the ranking algorithm.

draw_molecules(molecules["Products"][:6])


# ## Unstable
#
# Unstable products were determined to not likely exist outside of reactive dynamics. This e.g. includes radicals or structures that don't form stable molecules in isolation. Not all unstable molecules have a sensible 2d structure, so instead we plot their 3d structure.

for unstable_molecule in molecules["Unstable"][:3]:
    plams.plot_molecule(unstable_molecule)


# ## Graph of the reaction network
#
# The graph is a bipartate networkx DiGraph with reaction and molecule nodes. This can be stored on disk in standard graph formats, e.g. `.gml`

import networkx as nx

nx.write_gml(graph, "reaction_network.gml")


# ## Load a job not originally run by PLAMS

from scm.plams import FileError

try:
    job = ReactionsDiscoveryJob.load_external("plams_workdir/MyDiscovery")
    graph, molecules, categories = job.results.get_network()
except FileError:
    pass