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ArticleCommunications chemistry2025

Transfer learning from custom-tailored virtual molecular databases to real-world organic photosensitizers for catalytic activity prediction.

Naoki Noto, Taiki Nagano, Mikito Fujinami, Ryosuke Kojima, Susumu Saito

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Naoki NotoIntegrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. noto.naoki.f5@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0996-9160
Taiki NaganoGraduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Mikito FujinamiWaseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6242-0586
Ryosuke KojimaDepartment of Biomedical Data Intelligence, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1095-8864
Susumu SaitoIntegrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. saito.susumu.c4@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0749-2020

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MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 21H05221MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 22K21346MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23H04904MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23H05404MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23K13744MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 24H01071MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 24H01096MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR22L2
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Abstract

The scarcity of experimental training data restricts the integration of machine learning into catalysis research. Here, we report on the effectiveness of graph convolutional network (GCN) models pretrained on a molecular topological index, which is not used in typical organic synthesis, for estimating the catalytic activity, a task that usually requires high levels of human expertise. For pretraining, we used custom-tailored virtual molecular databases that can be readily constructed using either a systematic generation method or a molecular generator developed in our group. Although 94%-99% of the employed virtual molecules are unregistered in the PubChem database, the resulting pretrained GCN models improve the prediction of catalytic activity for real-world organic photosensitizers. The results demonstrate the efficiency of the present transfer-learning strategy, which leverages readily obtainable information from self-generated virtual molecules.

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