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Table 2 The top 10 most used R groups from approved drugs

From: IntelliPatent: a web-based intelligent system for fast chemical patent claim drafting

R group

SMILES

Occurrence (%)

Both top 10

Methyl

*C

23.6

O

Hydroxy

*O

18.2

O

Chloro

*Cl

6.4

O

Amino

*N

5.1

 

Methoxy

*OC

5.0

O

Carboxy

*C(=O)O

3.9

O

Fluoro

*F

2.9

O

Ethyl

*CC

2.2

 

Hydroxymethyl

*CO

1.7

 

Trifulromethyl

*C(F)(F)F

1.0

O