Based
on the three-dimensional structures of the compounds, the structures of 48
ester compounds were expressed parametrically. Through multiple linear
regression and partial least-squares regression, the relationship models
between ester compound structures and aquatic toxicity log(1/
IGC50) were established. The
correlation coefficients (
R2) of the models were 0.9974 and
0.9940, and the standard deviations (
SD) were 0.0469 and 0.0646,
respectively. The stability of the models was evaluated by the leave-one-out
internal cross-test. The correlation coefficients (
RCV2)
of the models of interactive tests were 0.9939 and 0.8952, and the standard
deviation (
SDCV) was 0.0715 and 0.0925, respectively. The
external samples were used to test the predictive ability of the models, and
the correlation coefficients (
Rtest2) of the
external predictions were 0.9955 and 0.9955, and the standard deviations (
SDtest)
were 0.0720 and 0.0716, respectively. The molecular structure descriptors could
successfully represent the structural characteristics of the compounds, and the
built models had good fitting effects, strong stability and high prediction
accuracy. The present study has a good reference value for the study of the
structure-toxicity relationship of toxic compounds in the environment.