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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Chem Inf Model. 2010 Oct 25;50(10):1759–1771. doi: 10.1021/ci100200u

Table 3.

Top 12 descriptors as selected by the Random Forest mean decrease in Gini importance measurement.

Rank Descriptor Category
1 exch. eng. + e-e rep. for a C-N bond Quantum-Chemical
2 Max resonance energy for a C-C bond Quantum-Chemical
3 Molecular volume / XYZ Box Geometrical
4 Min (>0.1) bond order of a C atom Quantum-Chemical
5 Max total interaction for a C-C bond Quantum-Chemical
6 Relative number of benzene rings Constitutional
7 Average Information content (order 1) Topological
8 exch. eng. + e-e rep. for a C-C bond Quantum-Chemical
9 Max e-n attraction for a C-N bond Quantum-Chemical
10 Relative number of C atoms Constitutional
11 YZ Shadow/YZ Rectangle Geometrical
12 Number of benzene rings Constitutional