Self-Organizing Molecular Field Analysis on a New Series of COX-2 Selective Inhibitors: 1,5-Diarylimidazoles

Self-organizing molecular field analysis (SOMFA), a simple three-dimensionalquantitative structure–activity relationship (3D-QSAR) method is used to study the correlationbetween the molecular properties and the anti-inflammatory biological activities of a new series of1,5-Diarylimidazoles that act as selective COX-2 inhibitors. The statistical results, cross-validated rCV2 (0.507) and non cross-validated r2 (0.546), show a satisfied predictive ability