harmonsmile 0.1.1

Toolkit for harmonizing SMILES strings to canonical + isomeric + Kekulized convention (RDKit / COCONUT 2.0)

HARMONSMILE: Harmonize SMILES Strings for Cheminformatics and Machine Learning

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HARMONSMILE solves a common problem in cheminformatics: SMILES strings for the same molecule look different depending on the source (PubChem, ChEMBL, COCONUT, in-house databases). This inconsistency breaks comparisons, deduplication, and machine learning pipelines that expect a uniform molecular representation.

HARMONSMILE converts any SMILES to a single canonical form — canonical + isomeric + Kekulized — following the convention used by RDKit and COCONUT 2.0, making your datasets consistent and reproducible across sources.

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Installation

pip install harmonsmile

RDKit is required and installed automatically (rdkit>=2022.09).

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Quick Start

Python API

Standardize a single SMILES string:

from harmonsmile import RDKitStandardizer

std = RDKitStandardizer()
print(std.to_iso_kek("c1ccccc1"))    # canonical + isomeric + Kekulized
print(std.to_conn_kek("c1ccccc1"))   # canonical + connectivity-only + Kekulized

Fetch properties from PubChem and harmonize:

from harmonsmile import PubChemIngest, Config

cfg = Config(
    input_path="data/database_pubchem.csv",   # requires: id, PubChem CID
    output_path="results/pubchem_harmonized.csv",
)
PubChemIngest(cfg).run()

Fetch properties from ChEMBL and harmonize:

from harmonsmile import ChEMBLIngest

ChEMBLIngest(
    input_path="data/database_chembl.csv",    # requires: id, ChEMBL ID
    output_path="results/chembl_harmonized.csv",
).run()

Harmonize any file with a SMILES column (COCONUT, in-house, etc.):

from harmonsmile import SMILESPrep

SMILESPrep(
    input_path="data/database.csv",
    smiles_col="canonical_smiles",            # any column name
    output_path="results/harmonized.csv",
).run()

Command-Line Interface

# PubChem pipeline
harmonsmile --pubchem-in data/database1.csv --pubchem-out results/database1_harmonized.csv

# SMILES pipeline (COCONUT, independent, etc.)
harmonsmile --coconut-in data/database2.csv --coconut-smiles canonical_smiles \
            --coconut-out results/database2_harmonized.csv

# Both pipelines in one run
harmonsmile \
  --pubchem-in  data/database1.csv --pubchem-out  results/database1_harmonized.csv \
  --coconut-in  data/database2.csv --coconut-smiles canonical_smiles \
  --coconut-out results/database2_harmonized.csv

# Check version
harmonsmile --version

Also available as a Python module:

python -m harmonsmile --pubchem-in data/database1.csv --pubchem-out results/out.csv

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Pipelines

Pipeline	Source	Input	API
PubChemIngest	PubChem	CSV with PubChem CID column	REST (public)
ChEMBLIngest	ChEMBL	CSV with ChEMBL ID column	REST (public)
SMILESPrep	Any	CSV/Excel with any SMILES column	— (local file)

All pipelines append a SMILES_RDKit column with the harmonized SMILES.

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Input Format

Pipeline	Required columns
PubChemIngest	id (optional), PubChem CID
ChEMBLIngest	id (optional), ChEMBL ID
SMILESPrep	id (optional), <smiles_col> (any name)

Supported file formats: CSV, TSV, XLSX, XLS.

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Roadmap

• v0.2.0 — CoconutIngest: knows COCONUT 2.0 schema automatically (canonical_smiles, identifier, molecular properties).
• v0.3.0 — ML-ready features: ECFP fingerprints (with/without chirality), InChI/InChIKey for deduplication and robust cross-database matching.

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Development

Project Structure

HARMONSMILE/
├── harmonsmile/
│   ├── __init__.py        # Public API
│   ├── __main__.py        # python -m harmonsmile entry point
│   ├── _cli.py            # CLI implementation
│   ├── chembl.py          # ChEMBL REST client
│   ├── config.py          # Config dataclass
│   ├── io.py              # Table I/O utilities
│   ├── pipelines.py       # PubChemIngest, ChEMBLIngest, SMILESPrep
│   ├── pubchem.py         # PubChem REST client
│   ├── standardize.py     # RDKitStandardizer
│   └── version.py         # Package version metadata
├── tests/                 # Unit test suite (pytest) — 71 tests
├── data/                  # Input data (not installed)
├── results/               # Output data (not installed)
├── logs/                  # Error logs (not installed)
├── pyproject.toml
├── environment.yml
├── requirements-dev.txt
├── CHANGELOG.md
├── CITATION.cff
├── COPYING
├── COPYING.LESSER
├── LICENSE
└── README.md

Running Tests

pip install pytest
pytest -v

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please open an issue before submitting a pull request. Follow the existing code style: NumPy-style docstrings, type hints, and SPDX license headers in all source files.

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Citation

If you use HARMONSMILE in your research, please cite it using the metadata in CITATION.cff or the format below:

Contreras-Torres, F. F. (2026). HARMONSMILE: Harmonize SMILES Strings for
Cheminformatics and Machine Learning (v0.1.0). Tecnologico de Monterrey.
https://github.com/NanoBiostructuresRG/harmonsmile

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Author

Developed by Flavio F. Contreras-Torres (Tecnológico de Monterrey) Monterrey, Mexico – May 2026

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License

This project is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later. SPDX identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later.