Abstract
The unexplained variation in the relationships between carminative activities and octanol-water distribution coefficients of various classes of compounds was explained. The steric substituent constant (Es) value, van der Waals volume, and molecular connectivity were introduced into a previously derived correlation. Each parameter brought about an improvement, and molecular connectivity was the most successful. Correlations containing molecular connectivity terms explained the excess variation. The results were in agreement with a mechanism in which carminative activity depended on the availability of the oxygen atom in the functional group of the molecule and was reduced when the substituent attached to the oxygen hindered the interaction between the oxygen atom and the receptor.
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