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What does ‘S/A’ mean in SMARTS pattern when using Chemicalize to draw the chemical structure?

I am still new to the SMARTS annotation. I am wondering what does S/A’ mean on the bond labeling drawn with Chemicalize using SMARTS [!#1]c1n[cH]nc([!#1])c1[!#1]? ...
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What does ‘(A)’ mean in SMARTS pattern when using Chemicalize to draw the chemical structure?

I am not quite sure what ‘(A)’ could mean for the carbon atom when writing the SMARTS CCN(C)C using Chemicalize to draw the chemical structure below. Can anyone ...
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Line Entry system like SMILES for metals?

SMILES is not designed for metallic compounds. Is there a similar ASCII line entry notation for metallic compounds, including repeating structure in space, &c.?
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What databases or repositories are there that have generalized SMILES for functional groups?

Does a resource exist that has the SMILES formula of the generalized pattern that represents the group? For instance: I have the aldehydes group, which has the pattern: ...
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What would be SMILES notation for a compound with delocalized bonding?

For example, the cyclopentadienyl rings in ferrocene $\ce{Fe(}\eta^5 \ce{-C5H5)2}$ are often drawn with delocalized electron circles in them instead of explicit pi bonds. The Wikipedia article for ...
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Structure that breaks InChI

I am currently testing a piece of software that generates the InChI for a given structure. I also want to test error situations as end users will also deliver the mol files that will be used as input ...
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