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Polar surface area



The Polar Surface Area (PSA) is defined as the surface sum over all polar atoms, (usually oxygen and nitrogen), including also attached hydrogens.

PSA is a commonly used medicinal chemistry metric for the optimisation of cell permeability. Molecules with a polar surface area of greater than 140 angstroms squared are usually believed to be poor at permeating cell membranes. For molecules to penetrate the blood-brain barrier, PSA should be less than 60 angstroms squared.

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References

  • Ertl, P., Rohde, B., Selzer, P. Fast calculation of molecular polar surface area as a sum of fragment based contributions and its application to the prediction of drug transport properties. J. Med. Chem. 2000, 43, 3714-3717. (doi:10.1021/jm000942e)
 
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