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These pharmacophore techniques are different in format from the traditional pharmacophore definitions. They can not be easily visualized and mapped to the molecular structures rather, they are encoded as keys or topological/topographical descriptors. Nonetheless, they capture the same idea as the classic pharmacophore concept. Furthermore, this formalism is quite useful in building quantitative predictive models that can be used to classify and predict biological activities. 

A Brief Review of the QSAR Technique. Most of the 2D QSAR methods employ graph theoretic indices to characterize molecular structures, which have been extensively studied by Radic, Kier, and Hall [see 23]. Although these structural indices represent different aspects of the molecular structures, their physicochemical meaning is unclear. The successful applications of these topological indices combined with MLR analysis have been summarized recently. Similarly, the ADAPT system employs topological indices as well as other structural parameters (e.g., steric and quantum mechanical parameters) coupled with MLR method for QSAR analysis [24]. It has been extensively applied to QSAR/QSPR studies in analytical chemistry, toxicity analysis, and other biological activity prediction. On the other hand, parameters derived from various experiments through chemometric methods have also been used in the study of peptide QSAR, where partial least-squares (PLS) analysis has been employed [25]. 

The E-state indices [72, 73] were developed to cover both topological and valence states of atoms. These indices were successfully used to build correlations between the structure and activity for different physicochemical and biological properties [72]. New applications of this methodology are also extensively reviewed in Ghapter 4. Several articles by different authors demonstrated the applicability of these indices for lipophilicity predictions [74—83]. 

In addition to looking for data trends in physical property space using PCA and PLS, trends in chemical structure space can be delineated by viewing nonlinear maps (NLM) of two-dimensional structure descriptors such as Unity Fingerprints or topological atom pairs using tools such as Benchware DataMiner [42]. Two-dimensional NLM plots provide an overview of chemical structure space and biological activity/molecular properties are mapped in a 3rd and/or 4th dimension to look for trends in the dataset. 

Over recent years a variety of new helical canal inclusion systems have been discovered and characterised, and an increasing awareness has developed of the roles played by canal topology and helicity in the function of certain biological systems. 

Schrag, M.L. and Wienkers, L.C. (2000) Topological alteration of the CYP3A4 active site by the divalent cation Mg2+. Drug Metabolism and Disposition The Biological Fate of Chemicals, 28, 1198—1201. 

In nearly two decades, challenging structured of phomactins coupled with the interesting biological activity has elicited an impressive amount of synthetic efforts [16-18]. (+)-Phomactin D was first synthesized by Yamada in 1996 [19], and Wulff [20] reported the synthesis of ( )-phomactin B2 in 2007. However, (+)-phomactin A has been the most popular target because of its unique topology. To date, two monumental total syntheses have been accomplished Pattenden s [21] racemic synthesis and Halcomb s [22] asymmetric synthesis in 2002 and 2003, respectively. Both syntheses are beautifully done but also mimicked Yamada s synthesis of D, thereby underscoring the remarkable influence of Yamada s earlier work on the phomactin chemistry. Upon completing their synthesis of ( )-phomactin A, Pattenden [23] completed ( )-phomactin G via a modified route used for A. 

The field of stereochemistry serves as a unifying theme for the expanded definition and diversification of chemistry. The consequences of molecular and macromolecular shape and topology are central to issues of chemical reactivity, physical properties, and biological function. With that view, the importance of stereochemistry had never been greater, and it is hoped that this series will provide a forum for documentation of significant advances in all of these subdisciplines of chemistry. 

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