One of the major challenges in pharmaceutical chemistry is the accurate prediction of molecular electronic properties that influence drug behavior. The HOMO-LUMO energy gap, as a key descriptor of chemical reactivity and stability, plays a crucial role in both pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties. Although methods such as Density Functional Theory (DFT) are highly accurate, their high computational cost makes them unsuitable for large-scale screening. In this study, a machine learning-based model was developed to rapidly predict this energy gap. A dataset of 8,676 cata-condensed polyaromatic compounds containing 3 to 10 fused benzene rings was compiled. Nine chemically meaningful features were extracted and used to train multilayer perceptron (MLP) and recurrent neural network (RNN) models. The best-performing MLP model achieved an R² score of 0.9750 and a test loss of 0.0037. Saliency map analysis revealed that features such as ionization potential, electron affinity, and total energy had the most significant impact. These findings demonstrate that AI-based models can not only achieve high predictive accuracy but also provide valuable insights for drug design.
Yektadoost,E. , Janghorbani,A. and Bahrami,Z. (2025). Polycyclic Benzenoids HOMO-LUMO Gap Prediction Using Explainable Artificial Neural Network. Nanomeghyas, 12(1), 75-86. doi: 10.22034/ns.2025.725012
MLA
Yektadoost,E. , , Janghorbani,A. , and Bahrami,Z. . "Polycyclic Benzenoids HOMO-LUMO Gap Prediction Using Explainable Artificial Neural Network", Nanomeghyas, 12, 1, 2025, 75-86. doi: 10.22034/ns.2025.725012
HARVARD
Yektadoost E., Janghorbani A., Bahrami Z. (2025). 'Polycyclic Benzenoids HOMO-LUMO Gap Prediction Using Explainable Artificial Neural Network', Nanomeghyas, 12(1), pp. 75-86. doi: 10.22034/ns.2025.725012
CHICAGO
E. Yektadoost, A. Janghorbani and Z. Bahrami, "Polycyclic Benzenoids HOMO-LUMO Gap Prediction Using Explainable Artificial Neural Network," Nanomeghyas, 12 1 (2025): 75-86, doi: 10.22034/ns.2025.725012
VANCOUVER
Yektadoost E., Janghorbani A., Bahrami Z. Polycyclic Benzenoids HOMO-LUMO Gap Prediction Using Explainable Artificial Neural Network. Nanomeghyas, 2025; 12(1): 75-86. doi: 10.22034/ns.2025.725012