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Open Babel

The chemistry toolbox for converting molecular formats

Open Babel is the universal translator of chemistry file formats, supporting over 100 formats plus substructure search, fingerprints and 3D coordinate generation.

Example

1obabel ligand.smi -O ligand.pdbqt --gen3d

Often used to prepare ligands for docking with AutoDock Vina.

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