title: Use of electron-electron repulsion energy as a molecular descriptor in QSAR and QSPR studies.
abstract: Electron-electron repulsion energy (<Vee>) is presented as a new molecular descriptor to be employed in QSAR and QSPR studies. Here it is shown that this electronic energy parameter is connected to molecular quantum similarity measures (MQSM), and as a consequence can be considered as a complement to steric and electronic parameters in description of molecular properties and biological responses of organic compounds. The present strategy considers the molecule as a whole, thus there is no need to employ contributions of isolated fragments as in many calculations of molecular descriptors, like log P or the Free-Wilson analysis. The procedure has been tested in a widespread set of molecules: alcohols, alkanamides, indole derivatives and 1-alkylimidazoles. Molecular properties, as well as toxicity, are correlated using <Vee> as a parameter, and extensions to the method are given for handling difficult systems. In almost all studied cases, satisfactory linear relationships were finally obtained.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Computational Chemistry, University of Girona, Spain.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gironés
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Amat
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carbó-Dorca
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D015195:Drug Design; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; D011789:Quantum Theory; D055672:Static Electricity