Chromatographic descriptors in QSAR study of barbiturates

Barbiturate derivatives were evaluated for their parameters of biological activity by applying linear regression and two multivariate methods (Cluster analysis and Principal component analysis). The lipophilicity of the studied barbiturates was determined on the modified carriers C18 in mixtures of water and four organic modifiers separately (methanol, n-propanol, acetone and tetrahydrofuran) by performing reversed phase thin layer chromatography and by applying relevant software packages. Chromatographic and computational lipophilicity of the examined barbiturates was correlated with the selected pharmacokinetic and toxicological predictors and good relationships were obtained. More concrete results were obtained by multivariate methods which showed that the polarity of the substituent has the greatest influence, and its electronic effects to a lesser extent on the tested parameters of the barbiturate derivatives. Results obtained by multivariate methods also suggest that the chromatographic retention constant, R_M⁰, shows a greater resemblance to the parameters of lipophilicity. The chromatographic parameter m, exhibits better agreement with the toxicity parameters.     

Quantum topological molecular descriptors in QSAR analysis of organophosphorus compounds

A Quantitative structure–activity relationship study is performed on a set of organophosphorus compounds to reveal structural and quantum‐chemical features influencing the toxic effect. The properties derived from the topological analysis of the electron density have been used to model the toxicity data. A multiple linear regression analysis in conjunction with genetic algorithm is used in the study, followed by subsequent validation of the results. Obtained QSAR models are beneficial for virtual screening of toxicity for new compounds of interest. Because toxicity of organophosphorus compounds is dependent on conformational properties, a conformational search has been performed before optimization of geometries. All quantum‐chemical calculations are carried out at DFT/B3LYP level of theory with 6‐311++G(d,p) basis set. Frequency calculations are performed after full geometry optimization. Ab initio wave functions were obtained for further analysis and evaluation of quantum topological properties of target molecules. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2012     

理论线性溶解能参数在苯砜基羧酸酯类化合物急性毒性QSAR研究中的应用

采用密度泛函理论方法,在B3LYP/6-31G(d)理论水平下,计算了45种苯砜基羧酸酯化合物的量子化学参数.经多元线性回归分析,得到描述此类化合物对发光菌急性毒性的模型:-lgEC50=3.02 6.24EHOMO-0.091μ-0.006P 1.22q(1)-6.67q(10),其中R=0.92,r2adj=0.82,F=42.0,q2=0.79.通过对模型进行分析,得到如下结论:苯环和酯基取代基的电负性越大,分子体积越小,毒性越大.该研究为探讨此类化合物急性毒性的机理奠定了理论基础.