Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1990, 55, 317-329
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19900317
The application of FEL-EXPERT system in the interpretation of boron compounds toxicity
Oldřich Štroufa and Vladimír Maříkb
a Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 160 00 Prague 6
b Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, 160 00 Prague 6
Abstract
The influence of substructural features on boron compounds toxicity (LD50, mice, i.p.) has been studied by FEL-EXPERT system developed at the Czech Technical University of Prague. A set of 108 compounds containing one or two boron atoms in their molecule has been arbitrarily divided into three classes: the compounds with a high toxicity (LD50 < 100 mg/kg), with a medium toxicity (100 mg/kg ⪬ LD50 < 1 000 mg/kg) and with a low toxicity (LD50 ≥ 1 000 mg/kg). The compounds have been represented by 70 substructural fragments, 27 of them being "central substructures" containing boron atom(s). The inference net consists of 118 nodes (74 of the Bayesian type), 362 production rules and 74 context links. The total classification correctness has been 98%. As a case-study, the classification of p-tolylboronic acid (LD50 = 520 mg/kg) and 4-carboxyphenylboronic acid (LD50 = 3 838 mg/kg) has been discussed.
