arXiv:2601.07145cs.LG2026-01

用强化学习生成可合成的荧光分子骨架,13个实验验证成功。

Generating readily synthesizable small molecule fluorophore scaffolds with reinforcement learning

  • 基于反应库和强化学习,结合多图神经网络预测光物理性质。
  • 生成11590个候选分子,19个具染料特性,14个成功合成,13个验证有效。
  • 顶尖化合物发光效率0.62,斯托克斯位移97纳米,适合成像应用。

开发用于先进成像技术的新荧光团需探索新化学空间。尽管生成式AI在设计新型染料骨架方面展现出潜力,但以往工作常产生难以合成的候选物,因缺乏反应约束。本文提出SyntheFluor-RL,一种利用已知反应库和分子砌块,通过强化学习生成易合成荧光分子骨架的生成式AI模型。为引导荧光团生成,SyntheFluor-RL采用基于多个图神经网络(GNN)的评分函数,预测关键光物理性质,包括光致发光量子产率、吸收与发射波长。这些输出动态加权,并与计算的π共轭评分结合,优先选择光学特性优异且合成可行的候选物。模型生成11,590个候选分子,经筛选后得到19个预测具有染料特性的结构。其中14个被成功合成,13个经实验验证。前三个化合物被详细表征,领先化合物含苯并噻二唑发色团,表现出强荧光(PLQY = 0.62),大斯托克斯位移(97 nm)及长激发态寿命(11.5 ns)。结果证明SyntheFluor-RL在识别可合成荧光团方面的有效性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Developing new fluorophores for advanced imaging techniques requires exploring new chemical space. While generative AI approaches have shown promise in designing novel dye scaffolds, prior efforts often produced synthetically intractable candidates due to a lack of reaction constraints. Here, we developed SyntheFluor-RL, a generative AI model that employs known reaction libraries and molecular building blocks to create readily synthesizable fluorescent molecule scaffolds via reinforcement learning. To guide the generation of fluorophores, SyntheFluor-RL employs a scoring function built on multiple graph neural networks (GNNs) that predict key photophysical properties, including photoluminescence quantum yield, absorption, and emission wavelengths. These outputs are dynamically weighted and combined with a computed pi-conjugation score to prioritize candidates with desirable optical characteristics and synthetic feasibility. SyntheFluor-RL generated 11,590 candidate molecules, which were filtered to 19 structures predicted to possess dye-like properties. Of the 19 molecules, 14 were synthesized and 13 were experimentally confirmed. The top three were characterized, with the lead compound featuring a benzothiadiazole chromophore and exhibiting strong fluorescence (PLQY = 0.62), a large Stokes shift (97 nm), and a long excited-state lifetime (11.5 ns). These results demonstrate the effectiveness of SyntheFluor-RL in the identification of synthetically accessible fluorophores for further development.

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