RDKit Fingerprint

Generates hashed bit-based fingerprints for an input RDKit Mol column and appends them to the table. Several fingerprint types are available. Not all settings are used for each type. Settings that are not supported by a fingerprint type will be disabled/hidden and will have no effect. The settings a fingerprint gets generated with are made available as column properties and can be visualized with the RDKit Interactive View Node.

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RDKit mol column
The column containing reactant molecules.
Fingerprint type
More details about different RDKit fingerprint implementations can be found here: https://www.rdkit.org/docs/RDKit_Book.html#additional-information-about-the-fingerprints.
  • Morgan: Circular fingerprint based on the Morgan algorithm and connectivity invariants (ECFP-like).
  • FeatMorgan: Circular fingerprint based on the Morgan algorithm and feature invariants (FCFP-like).
  • AtomPair: Atom-pair fingerprint.
  • Torsion: Topological-torsion fingerprint.
  • RDKit: Daylight-like topological fingerprint.
  • Avalon: Fingerprint from the Avalon toolkit (http://sourceforge.net/p/avalontoolkit/).
  • Layered: An experimental substructure-matching fingerprint (see LayerFlags definition from above).
  • MACCS: RDKit implementation of the 166 public MACCS keys.
  • Pattern: Substructure screening fingerprint based on a small number of very generic SMARTS patterns.
New fingerprint column name
Name of the fingerprint column in the output table.
Remove source column
Toggles removal of the input RDKit Mol column in the output table.
Num bits
Number of bits in the fingerprint.
Radius
The radius of the atomic environments considered.
Layer flags
Which atomic layers should be included. This value is the total of the following layer flag values: 0x01 pure topology, 0x02 bond order, 0x04 atom types, 0x08 presence of rings, 0x10 ring sizes, 0x20 aromaticity. The default value of 7 (0x01 pure topology + 0x02 bond order + 0x04 atom types) allows classic substructure searches.
Path length
Path length to be used (Torsion only).
Min path length
Minimum length (in bonds) of the paths to be considered.
Max path length
Maximum length (in bonds) of the paths to be considered.
AtomPair min path length
Minimum length (in bonds) of the atom pair paths to be considered.
AtomPair max path length
Maximum length (in bonds) of the atom pair paths to be considered.
Use chirality
If checked, chirality information is taken into account when generating the fingerprint.
Create rooted fingerprint
Check this option to create a rooted fingerprint based on an atom list. This option is not applicable to all fingerprint types.
Atom list column for rooted fingerprints
The column containing the atom lists that are necessary when calculating rooted fingerprints. Instead of a list it is also possible to provide an integer column with a single atom index.
Include atoms
Check this option to include the atoms when calculating rooted fingerprints or uncheck to exclude them.

Input Ports

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Data with RDKit Mol column.

Output Ports

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Data with fingerprint column.

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v5.12
Plugin provider: Novartis
Plugin version: 6.0.0.v202607101001
On NodePit since: 2026-07-06
Last update: 2026-07-24
Tags: StreamableModern UI
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