Current complexity: a tool for assessing the complexity of organic molecules.

@article{Li2015CurrentCA,
  title={Current complexity: a tool for assessing the complexity of organic molecules.},
  author={Jun Li and Martin D. Eastgate},
  journal={Organic \& biomolecular chemistry},
  year={2015},
  volume={13 26},
  pages={
          7164-76
        }
}
Molecular complexity for a synthetic organic chemist is difficult to define, though intuitively known. Despite the importance of this concept, the quantitative assessment of complexity within organic chemistry has remained a challenge. We report here on the development of an approach for generating a unique complexity index, which is reflective of both intrinsic molecular complexity and extrinsic synthetic complexity. This index is based on a community's perception of complexity, within the… 
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