Principal Properties for Synthetic Screening: Ketones and Aldehydes.

Abstract
Commercially available ketones and aldehydes were characterized by readily accessible property descriptors. Principal components (PC) analysis of the data showed two significant components (principal properties). For the ketones, 88% of the total variance was described by the PC-models, and for the aldehydes, 78%. The cross-validation criterion was used to determine significant components. Principles for the selection of test substrates in synthesis based on three models are briefly discussed.