title: Systematic signatures for organic reactions.
abstract: A signature for any reaction is defined by just the net change in bonding of the reacting atoms in the conversion of reactant to product structures. This reaction signature is both unique and definitive for any reaction and consists of a simple linear string of letters suitable to index every reaction in a reaction database for computer access. This allows daily entry of new reactions to be easily incorporated and later retrieved with all related reactions from the reaction database.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA.
authors: James B
authors: JB
authors: Hendrickson
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D008956:Models, Chemical; D055601:Organic Chemistry Phenomena; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000138:chemical synthesis
chemical_list: D011758:Pyrroles