| Abstract: | A series of 37 substituted indoles for which estrogen receptor binding data had been reported were studied from a quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) viewpoint. The structures were represented by an established unitary mathematical index, the molecular transform (FTm), whose derivation is entirely from the geometry‐optimized structure. Data clusters were generated by a primary numerically descending sort of the structure indices and a concurrent secondary numerically descending sort of the binding data. Reversal of numerical descent of the latter served to generate the cluster boundaries. Analysis within and across the clusters permitted a definitive and detailed picture of the influence of substituents and substituent positions on the molecule, and their effect on the biodata, and suggested the structure of a molecule of greater binding ability than any in the database. The relationship of the electronic and charge nature of the molecules to their binding ability was considered. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2003 |
