CCL: multiple conformations analysis free\open source\academic free software

 Sent to CCL by: Michel Petitjean [petitjean.chiral|gmail.com]
 Dear Andrew,
 I assume that it is a 3D linearity coefficient rather than a graph index.
 You could think that linearity can be evaluated from the eigenvalues
 L1>L2>L3 of the variance matrix of the atomic centers: a linear shape
 should be such that L2 is very small compared to L1. In other words,
 the percentage of inertia associated to the first eigenvalue  (perform
 an ACP, centered, but not reduced) should be close to 100%. There are
 other variants, but the latter should be computable with many
 freewares such as R).
 An other index could be derived from the computation of the minimal
 enclosing rectangular box, of size L1>L2>L3, then consider
 L1/(L1+L2+L3).
 Etc., etc.
 Best,
 Michel.
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 2010/12/7 Andrew Voronkov drugdesign=yandex.ru
 <owner-chemistry+*+ccl.net>:
 >
 > Sent to CCL by: Andrew Voronkov [drugdesign * yandex.ru]
 > Thank you very much for the answer. Can also anyone recommend me some way
 to describe the linearity of the molecule? Let's say that I have 50
 conformations for each compound and want to measure the degree of linearity of
 the molecules. How is possible to do that?
 >
 >
 > Best regards,
 > Andrew