The Anesthetic Activity and Toxicity of Halogenated Ethyl Methyl Ethers, a Multivariate QSAR Modelled by PLS

Abstract
QSAR between anesthetic activity, toxicity, and a multi‐variate set of structural descriptors for a series of halogenated ethyl methyl ethers were analysed by the method of partial least squares in latent variables (PLS). A two dimensional model resulted describing 86% of the variance in anesthetic activity. A three dimensional model describes 87% of the variance in toxicity. A grouping of anesthetics according to their type of side effects was indicated by the data analysis.