Aqueous solubility, protein binding and CYP450 inhibition data for compounds containing a variety of heteroaromatic and heteroaliphatic rings were analysed and compared to determine which ring types fared best and worst in these developability screens. The results suggest that certain heterorings are generally more developable than others: how this information may be used and some caveats to be borne in mind are discussed.
Published physicochemical descriptors of molecules that convey aromaticity-related character are reviewed in the context of drug design and discovery. Studies that have employed aromatic descriptors are discussed, and several descriptors are compared and contrasted.
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