chematic-rxn 0.4.21

Reaction SMILES/SMIRKS parser and writer for chematic — pure-Rust RDKit alternative
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# chematic-rxn

Reaction SMILES and SMIRKS parser for Rust. Parses chemical transformations (reactants → products) and reaction patterns (transform rules). Pure Rust, RDKit-compatible, WASM-compatible.

## Features

- **Reaction SMILES parsing**: parse reaction equations (e.g., `CC(C)C>>CC(C)[O]`)
- **SMIRKS parsing**: transform patterns for reaction template matching (`run_reactants`, `run_reactants_strict`)
- **Atom mapping**: track which atoms in reactants map to which atoms in products
- **Reaction properties**: count reactants, products, and agents
- **Stereo-selective SMIRKS**: `@`/`@@` in reactant templates filter by absolute configuration using
  permutation-parity comparison (write-order independent — the same enantiomer is matched regardless
  of how the reactant SMILES was written)
- **Template-based retrosynthesis** (`retro_disconnect`): 60 retro-SMIRKS templates across 6 classes:
  - `AmideBond` — amide, sulfonamide, carbamate, urea, hydrazide, imide
  - `Ester` — ester, thioester, carbonate, anhydride, acetal, lactone
  - `Ether` — aryl ether (SNAr/Ullmann), Williamson, benzyl, Mitsunobu, silyl
  - `CNBond` — reductive amination, SNAr, Buchwald, N-alkylation, imine reduction
  - `CCBond` — Suzuki, Heck, Sonogashira, Negishi, Grignard, aldol, Michael, Wittig
  - `CSBond` — thioether, disulfide, borylation, halogenation, phosphonate
- **RDKit compatibility**: parses RDKit reaction SMILES, produces identical results
- **WASM-compatible**: zero C/C++ dependencies

## Quick Start

```rust
use chematic_rxn::parse_reaction;

// Parse a reaction SMILES
let rxn = parse_reaction("CC(C)Br.[Na+].[OH-]>>CC(C)O.[Na+].[Br-]")
    .expect("bimolecular substitution");

println!("Reactants: {}", rxn.reactant_count());
println!("Products: {}", rxn.product_count());

// Access reactants and products as Molecule objects
for mol in rxn.reactants() {
    println!("Atoms: {}", mol.atom_count());
}
```

## API Overview

### Parsing

- `parse_reaction(rxn_smiles: &str) -> Result<Reaction, ParseError>` — parse reaction SMILES
- `parse_smirks(pattern: &str) -> Result<ReactionPattern, ParseError>` — parse SMIRKS pattern

### Retrosynthesis

- `retro_disconnect(mol, templates, max_results) -> Vec<RetroResult>` — apply retro-SMIRKS templates
- `DEFAULT_TEMPLATES` — 60 built-in retro-SMIRKS templates (6 reaction classes)
- `RetroResult``{template_name, reaction_class, precursors, precursor_smiles, max_sa_score}`

```rust
use chematic_rxn::{retro_disconnect, DEFAULT_TEMPLATES};
use chematic_smiles::parse;

let mol = parse("CC(=O)Nc1ccccc1")?;  // acetanilide
let results = retro_disconnect(&mol, DEFAULT_TEMPLATES, 10);
for r in &results {
    println!("{}: {:?}", r.template_name, r.precursor_smiles);
}
// amide_secondary: ["CC(=O)O", "Nc1ccccc1"]
```

### Reaction Structure

- `Reaction` — contains reactants, agents, products, and optional atom mappings
- `Molecule` — each reactant/product is a standard Molecule
- `ReactionPattern` — SMIRKS pattern for template matching

### Properties

```rust
let rxn = parse_reaction("C.C>>CC")?;
assert_eq!(rxn.reactant_count(), 2);
assert_eq!(rxn.product_count(), 1);
assert_eq!(rxn.agent_count(), 0);

// Get individual molecules
let mol1 = rxn.reactant(0).expect("first reactant");
let prod = rxn.product(0).expect("first product");
```

## Dependencies

- [`chematic-core`]../chematic-core/README.md — molecular graph
- [`chematic-smiles`]../chematic-smiles/README.md — SMILES parser

## References

- Reaction SMILES: https://www.daylight.com/dayhtml/doc/theory/theory.smiles.html#reactions
- SMIRKS: https://www.daylight.com/meetings/emug05/Friedman_SMIRKS.pdf

## See Also

- [`chematic`]../chematic — main umbrella crate
- [`chematic-smiles`]../chematic-smiles — SMILES parser
- [`chematic-smarts`]../chematic-smarts — substructure matching and reactions
- [`chematic-depict`]../chematic-depict — reaction scheme visualization