I am using the SMILES string
OC1=CC(O)=C2C[C@@H](OC(=O)C3=CC(O)=C(O)C(O)=C3)[C@H](OC2=C1)C1=CC(O)=C(O)C(O
)=C1

 

with the following 3.0 OBNET code:

 

Dim smiles As String =
"OC1=CC(O)=C2C[C@@H](OC(=O)C3=CC(O)=C(O)C(O)=C3)[C@H](OC2=C1)C1=CC(O)=C(O)C(
O)=C1"

 

Dim OBConv As New OBConversion

OBConv.SetInAndOutFormats("smi", "sdf")

Dim Mol, Mol1 As New OBMol

Dim builder As New OBBuilder

OBConv.ReadString(Mol, smiles)

builder.Build(Mol)

Mol.AddHydrogens(False, False).  

Mol.SetDimension(3)

s = OBConv.WriteString(Mol)

 

and saving to SDF.

 

OpenBabel04182011513D

 

35 38  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0999 V2000

    0.9315   -0.0676   -0.0272 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    2.3515   -0.0676   -0.0272 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    3.0541   -1.2734    0.0215 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    4.4472   -1.2550    0.0293 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    5.1682   -2.4768    0.0898 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    5.1338   -0.0525   -0.0216 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    6.6397   -0.1061   -0.0083 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    7.2289    1.2176   -0.4902 C   0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    8.2866    1.2227   -0.3282 H   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    6.9787    1.3868   -1.8777 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    7.3818    2.5887   -2.5176 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    7.1878    2.7408   -3.7644 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    8.0451    3.6934   -1.7113 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    8.0111    4.9998   -2.1563 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    8.5868    5.9671   -1.4595 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    8.5377    7.2984   -1.9510 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    9.2065    5.7235   -0.3169 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    9.8040    6.7943    0.3994 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    9.2794    4.4397    0.1881 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    9.9468    4.1867    1.4157 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    8.6921    3.4009   -0.5194 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    6.5778    2.3548    0.3051 C   0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    6.6304    2.1479    1.3536 H   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    5.1197    2.4752   -0.1344 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    4.4350    1.1348   -0.0735 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    3.0440    1.1210   -0.0753 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    7.3073    3.6590    0.0276 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    6.6537    4.8532    0.2570 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    7.2513    6.0091    0.0141 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    6.5462    7.2178    0.2556 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    8.4892    6.0656   -0.4480 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    9.0917    7.3289   -0.6875 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    9.2029    4.9100   -0.7004 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

   10.5315    4.9794   -1.1968 O   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

    8.6050    3.6810   -0.4629 C   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

  1  2  1  0  0  0  0

  2  3  2  0  0  0  0

  2 26  1  0  0  0  0

  3  4  1  0  0  0  0

  4  5  1  0  0  0  0

  4  6  2  0  0  0  0

  6  7  1  0  0  0  0

  6 25  1  0  0  0  0

  7  8  1  0  0  0  0

  8 22  1  1  0  0  0

  8 10  1  0  0  0  0

  8  9  1  0  0  0  0

10 11  1  0  0  0  0

11 12  2  0  0  0  0

11 13  1  0  0  0  0

13 14  2  0  0  0  0

13 21  1  0  0  0  0

14 15  1  0  0  0  0

15 16  1  0  0  0  0

15 17  2  0  0  0  0

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19 20  1  0  0  0  0

19 21  2  0  0  0  0

22 23  1  1  0  0  0

22 24  1  0  0  0  0

22 27  1  0  0  0  0

24 25  1  0  0  0  0

25 26  2  0  0  0  0

27 28  2  0  0  0  0

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28 29  1  0  0  0  0

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33 35  2  0  0  0  0

M  END

$$$$

 

However, if you view the 3D molecule in Pymol, you can see one of the
hydroxyl units protruding through the middle of one of the gallate rings.  I
also commented out adding hydrogens, and it didn't matter - the mangling in
3D still occurred.

 

When I convert this SMILES string to SDF using the OB 3.0 GUI, with "3D
Coordinates" selected, this mangling does not occur.   

 

Is there anything you can see in the code that would cause this? You should
be able to reproduce this using OBNET to confirm what is going on.   

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