Rdkit

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name: rdkit
description: Cheminformatics toolkit for fine-grained molecular control. SMILES/SDF parsing, descriptors (MW, LogP, TPSA), fingerprints, substructure search, 2D/3D generation, similarity, reactions. For standard workflows with simpler interface, use datamol (wrapper around RDKit). Use rdkit for advanced control, custom sanitization, specialized algorithms.
license: BSD-3-Clause license
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
  - Bash
compatibility: Examples target RDKit 2026.03.x. Use conda-forge for the broadest binary support or PyPI package `rdkit` for supported platform wheels; `rdkit-pypi` is the legacy PyPI name.
metadata: {"version": "1.1", "skill-author": "K-Dense Inc."}
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# RDKit Cheminformatics Toolkit

## Overview

RDKit is a comprehensive cheminformatics library providing Python APIs for molecular analysis and manipulation. This skill provides guidance for reading/writing molecular structures, calculating descriptors, fingerprinting, substructure searching, chemical reactions, 2D/3D coordinate generation, and molecular visualization. Use this skill for drug discovery, computational chemistry, and cheminformatics research tasks.

**Current baseline (checked 2026-06-07):** RDKit **2026.03.3** is the latest GitHub/PyPI release (`rdkit` 2026.3.3 on PyPI). Official installation docs continue to recommend conda-forge for most users, while cross-platform PyPI wheels are published under the `rdkit` package name. `rdkit-pypi` is the old PyPI package name and should only appear when maintaining legacy environments.

## Installation and Setup

Use `uv` when installing into an existing Python environment:
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