arXiv:2607. 19044v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Leveraging large language models (LLMs) for molecular generation has shown remarkable potential in chemical and drug design.
By Mingxuan Ouyang, Hao Lan, Wanyu Lin
arXiv:2607. 02834v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Molecular optimization often starts from a pretrained generative model that captures a broad prior over valid molecular structures.
By Trevor Chen, Ariel Dai, Jason Yang, Riccardo De Santi, Daniel Khalil, Wenda Chu, Nate Gruver, Pranav Murugan, Alexander F. G. Goldberg, Maruan Al-Shedivat, Yisong Yue
arXiv:2610.18851v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Multi-objective molecular optimization is a critical process in drug discovery that aims to modify a given molecule to simultaneously improve multiple...
By Trieu Nguyen, Frazier N. Baker, Ruoxi Gao, Daniel Adu-Ampratwum, Xia Ning
arXiv:2610.07560v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Goal-directed molecular design has advanced rapidly, yet a substantial proportion of designed molecules remain difficult to synthesize in practice, lim...
By Tao Li, Tuan Vinh, Monika Raj, Yuan Fang, Zhichun Guo, Carl Yang
PGFS++ is a synthesis‑aware reinforcement learning framework that improves molecular properties while ensuring the resulting molecules can be synthesized and remain structurally similar to the input. It builds on PGFS+ by using trainable embedding lookup tables for reaction templates and second reactants, a more effective scoring function, and a refined RL algorithm. Experiments demonstrate that PGFS++ enhances target properties and preserves high output diversity, overcoming the reward‑hacking failure mode seen in earlier versions.
By Boqiao Zhang, Godbless James, Sai Krishna Gottipati, Andrew Fitzgibbon
arXiv:2609.36683v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Molecular optimization is inherently iterative: a candidate is proposed, evaluated against several objectives, and revised while preserving a relations...
By Shicheng Fang, Yuxin Wang, Zhuo Yang, Xiaohu Xu, Jiahao Lu, Chuanyuan Tan, Tong Zhu, Yining Zheng, Xipeng Qiu
arXiv:2606. 01220v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generating molecules that simultaneously satisfy drug-like properties and conform to the 3D structure of a target protein is a core challenge in structure-based drug design (SBDD).
By Guang Lin, Shikui Tu, Lei Xu
arXiv:2604.07669v3 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Synthesizable molecular optimization seeks to improve target properties while ensuring that molecular modifications follow feasible synthetic...
By Tao Li, Kaiyuan Hou, Tuan Vinh, Fanglei Xue, Monika Raj, Zhichun Guo, Carl Yang
arXiv:2610.08367v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Several discrete design tasks, such as molecular discovery, require diverse collections of useful candidates at low computational cost. High validity a...
By Marcus Vukojevic, Erik Nielsen, Veronica Lachi, Andrea Passerini, Giovanni Iacca
arXiv:2606. 11256v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Designing molecules with target properties is most useful when candidate structures are accompanied by feasible synthetic routes.
By C\'esar Ojeda, Darius A. Faroughy, Maryam Karimi, Payam Zarrintaj, Mir Mehdi Seyedebrahimi, Mart\'in Carballo-Pacheco
arXiv:2606. 18961v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Protein language models (PLMs) have emerged as powerful tools for controllable biomolecular design, yet their post-training adaptation typically relies on costly wet-lab validation or curated preference datasets.
By Lanqing Li, Shentong Mo, Yang Yu, Pheng-Ann Heng
PGFS++ is a synthesis‑aware reinforcement learning framework that improves molecular properties such as drug‑likeness or binding affinity while ensuring the resulting molecules can be synthesized and remain structurally similar to the input. It builds on PGFS+ by using trainable embedding lookup tables for reaction templates and second reactants, a more effective scoring function, and a refined RL algorithm. The method addresses a reward‑hacking failure mode by treating each input molecule as the start of a forward‑synthesis trajectory, applying learned reaction templates with in‑stock building blocks, and producing diverse, high‑quality outputs with explicit synthesis routes.