Structure'activity relationships and quantitative structure'activity relationships modeling of some 3-(aryl)-N-(aryl)-1,2,4-Oxadiazol-5-Amine derivatives as anti-proliferative agents

Quantitative structure activity relationship studies were performed on a series of 3-(aryl)-N-(aryl)- 1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-amines as anti-proliferative agents, multiple linear regression analysis was performed to derive quantitative structure activity relationship models which were further evaluated internally for the prediction of activity. The developed models were cross-validated by the 'leave one out' technique as well as by the calculation of statistical parameters. The best QSAR model i.e., model-2 (R2 = 0 906, Fischer's test value F = 12066) has acceptable statistical quality and predictive potential as indicated by the value of cross validated squared correlation coefficient (q2 = 0 907). The present investigation indicates the importance of the quantum chemical descriptors, constitutional descriptors and hydrophobicity to study the anti-proliferative activity.