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Biological activity data was available from the results of nine testing procedures which examine the compounds' sedative and anticonvulsant activities. Each type of biological data was used to seek correlations with the molecular orbital. indices. Useful equations were calculated for six of the biological tests; these may prove to be useful for the prediction of new active compounds.","abstract_html":"CNDO/2 molecular orbital calculations were performed on a series of twenty-nine derivatives of methaqualone (2-methyl-3-o-tolyl-4(3H)-quinazoline). 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