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Table 1 Ambiguous SMARTS for transfermium element symbols officially named since 1997

From: Technical implications of new IUPAC elements in cheminformatics

Ambiguous SMARTS

Element name

Element SMARTS

Expression meaning

Expression SMARTS

[No]

Nobelium

[#102]

Aliphatic nitrogen and aromatic oxygen (logically impossible)

–

[Db]

Dubnium

[#105]

Aromatic boron with on explicit bond (possible on fragment matching)

[D&b] or [bD]

[Bh]

Bohrium

[#107]

Aliphatic boron with at least one implicit hydrogen

[B&h] or [hB]

[Hs]

Hassium

[#108]

Aromatic sulfur with one explicit hydrogen

[H&s] or [sH]

[Ds]

Darmstadtium

[#110]

Aromatic sulfur with one explicit bond (possible on fragment matching)

[D&s] or [sD]

[Cn]

Copernicium

[#112]

Aliphatic Carbon and aromatic nitrogen (logically impossible)

–

[Nh]

Nihonium

[#113]

Nitrogen with at least one implicit hydrogen

[N&h] or [hN]

  1. The meaning in SMARTS changes between cheminformatics toolkits and are either interpreted as matching specific elements or as expressions. Unambiguous SMARTS are provided for each of these cases