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A Spectrum Guides Three Rounds of Bond Edits

GEMS preserves molecular formula and valence while searching nearby isomers from imperfect initial candidates.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-10-19-019
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Summary

GEMS preserves molecular formula and valence while searching nearby isomers from imperfect initial candidates.

GEMS scores valid two-switch bond edits using a spectrum-derived fingerprint and searches from several candidate structures. With the true structure excluded from initialization, three edit rounds reached reported top-one accuracy near 30 percent on two benchmarks and substantially reduced runtime relative to the authors' FRIGID run. Exact-fingerprint experiments showed that spectrum-to-fingerprint prediction remains a bottleneck. The method narrows molecular identification search; it does not replace experimental confirmation.

Why it matters

GEMS preserves molecular formula and valence while searching nearby isomers from imperfect initial candidates.

Limits and context

  • The method narrows molecular identification search; it does not replace experimental confirmation.

Key claims

  1. GEMS preserves molecular formula and valence while searching nearby isomers from imperfect initial candidates.

    Qualification: The method narrows molecular identification search; it does not replace experimental confirmation.

    Evidence: source-2026-10-19-021

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2610.23617, original v1arXiv · primary research

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