(Q)SPR Models for Prediction of Hydrophobicity of Isatins

Abstract

In the present study, the application of a wide variety of topological descriptors was investigated for predicting hydrophobicity (clogP) of isatin analogues. A total of four topochemical indices selected through decision tree (DT) were used for the development of single index based models using moving average analysis (MAA). The overall accuracy of prediction varied from a minimum of 95% to a maximum of 98% with regard to hydrophobicity.The values of sensitivity, specificity and Mathew's correlation coefficient for all MAA based models with regard to hydrophobicity (clogP) was found to be =78%, =94% and =0.85 respectively, suggesting robustness of proposed models. Since the compounds with high clogP values were found effective in carboxylesterases (CEs) inhibition, therefore, highly hydrophobic ranges of proposed MAA models can easily be exploited for the design and development of potent CEs inhibitors.