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Abstract A back-propagation artificial neural net has been trained to estimate 13C chemical shifts from the results of AM1 and PM3 semiempirical MO calculations. The input descriptors include the atom-centered monopole, dipole and quadrupole moments derived from the natural atomic orbital/point charge (NAO/PC) model, the four highest bond orders to the carbon atom being considered and the elements...