An analysis of polymer-probe interactions in some hydrocarbon polymers using a new solvation equation

Adsorption of a Diverse Set of Organic Vapors on Quartz, CaCO3, and α-Al2O3 at Different Relative Humidities

Adsorption constants of a diverse set of 50 organic vapors have been measured on quartz (SiO(2)), CaCO(3), and alpha-Al(2)O(3) at different relative humidities at 15 degrees C. For nonpolar compounds we found an exponential decrease of the adsorption constants on a given mineral between 40 and 97% relative humidity. Extrapolated to 100% relative humidity, the adsorption constants of nonpolar compounds on the different minerals coincide and agree with those measured on a bulk water surface. The adsorption constants of polar compounds also decrease with increasing humidity up to 90%, but between 90% and 100% they increase again. We speculate that this effect is due to a change in the orientation of the water molecules that form the surface at which the organic vapors adsorb at this high humidity. The compound variability in the adsorption constants of all compounds on a given surface at a given relative humidity could be described rather well with a linear free energy relationship using Abraham's solvation parameters for the van der Waals and electron-donor/acceptor properties of the compounds. The remaining deviation between fitted and experimental data was found to be systematic, which indicated that an optimized parameter set for the used compounds could still considerably improve the fit.

Adsorption of a Diverse Set of Organic Vapors on the Bulk Water Surface

The bulk water surface is of fundamental interest to physical as well as environmental chemistry. As there is a lack of wide-ranging adsorption data from the air to the bulk water surface, a large and diverse data set of adsorption coefficients of nonionic, organic compounds has been produced with inverse gas chromatography. The 61 compounds were chosen to cover a large range of properties, considering the intermolecular interactions between the compounds and the bulk water surface, i.e., van der Waals and electron-donor/acceptor interactions. The data set gained in this work was interpreted with a linear free energy relationship (LFER) based on these intermolecular interactions. From this LFER, a general adsorption model is derived, including compound (i) and surface (surf) properties: log K(i surf/air)(m(3)/m(2)) = 0.135(+/-0.003) log K(i hexadecane/air)(gamma(surf)(vdW))(0.5) + 5.11(+/-0.15)Sigma beta(i2)(H)EA(surf) + 3.60(+/-0.28)Sigma alpha(i2)(H)ED(surf) - 8.47. This adsorption model can be used for the characterization of adsorption to any other surface. The adsorption model for bulk water surface adsorption as well as the general adsorption model can be used as prediction tools in natural or technical systems.

Use of linear solvation energy relationships for modeling responses from polymer-coated acoustic-wave vapor sensors

The applicability and performance of linear solvation energy relationships (LSERs) as models of responses from polymer-coated acoustic-wave vapor sensors are critically examined. Criteria for the use of these thermodynamic models with thickness-shear-mode resonator (TSMR) and surface-acoustic-wave (SAW) vapor sensors are clarified. Published partition coefficient values derived from gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) are found to be consistently lower than those obtained gravimetrically, in accordance with previous reports, suggesting that LSERs based on GLC-derived partition coefficients will not provide accurate estimates of acoustic-wave sensor responses. The development of LSER models directly from polymer-coated TSMR vapor sensor response data is demonstrated and a revised model developed from SAW vapor sensor response data, which takes account of viscoelastic changes in polymeric coating films, is presented and compared to those developed by other methods.

Effects of organic modifiers on retention mechanism and selectivity in micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography studied by linear solvation energy relationships

The effects of six organic modifiers (urea, methanol, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, acetonitrile and 2-propanol) on the retention mechanism and separation selectivity of the bulk buffer in micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MECC) with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles as pseudo-stationary phase have been investigated through linear solvation energy relationships (LSERs). It is found that the retention value in MECC systems with or without organic modifier is primarily dependent on the solvophobic interaction and the hydrogen bonding interaction with the solute as proton acceptor, while the dipolar interaction and the hydrogen bonding interaction with the solute as proton donor play minor roles. The effects of the organic modifiers on the solvophobic, dipolar and hydrogen bonding interactions are evaluated in terms of the relationship between regression coefficient of the LSER equations and the modifier concentration. The variations of the solvophobic interaction and the dipolar interaction with change of the modifier concentration can be approximately explained using the solubility parameter and the dipolarity/polarizability parameter of the organic modifier, respectively. However, the relationships between the hydrogen bond acidity and basicity of the bulk buffer and the organic modifiers are rather complicated. Those results may be caused from the displacement of organic modifiers to the water adsorbed on the micellar surface as well as changes in the acidity and basicity of the bulk buffer with the addition of organic modifiers. In addition, it is found that the phase ratio is influenced significantly by the use of organic modifier.

Correlation and estimation of gas-chloroform and water-chloroform partition coefficients by a linear free energy relationship method

A linear free energy relationship, LFER, has been used to correlate 150 values of gas-chloroform partition coefficients, as log Lchl with a standard deviation, sd, of 0.23 log units, a correlation coefficient r2 of 0.985, and an F-statistic of 1919. The equation reveals that bulk chloroform is dipolar/polarizable, of little hydrogen-bond basicity, but as strong a hydrogen-bond acid as bulk methanol or bulk ethanol. However, the main influence on gaseous solubility in chloroform is due to solute-solvent London dispersion interactions. A slightly modified LFER has been used to correlate 302 values of water-chloroform partition coefficients, as log Pchl. The correlation equation predicts log Pchl for a further 34 compounds not used in the equation with sd = 0.17 log units. When the LFER is applied to all 335 log Pchl values, the resulting equation has sd = 0.25, r2 = 0.971, and F = 2218.

Hydrogen bonding. 30. Solubility of gases and vapors in biological liquids and tissues

The general solvation equation log L = c + rR2 + pi H2 + a alpha H2 + b beta H2 + l log L16 has been used to analyze the solubility of solute gases and vapors, as log L values, in water, blood, and a variety of other biological fluids and tissues. The explanatory variables are R2, the solute excess molar refraction; pi H2, the solute dipolarity/polarizability; alpha H2 and beta H2, the solut hydrogen-bond acidity and basicity; and log L16, where L16 is the solute Ostwald solubility coefficient of hexadecane. The obtained coefficients then serve to characterize the biological phase as follows: r + s is the phase dipolarity/polarizability, a is the phase hydrogen-bond basicity, b is the phase hydrogen-bond acidity, ald l is the phase lipophilicity. In addition to characterization of phases, the equation can be used to determine quantitatively solute/phase interactions and predict further log L values. A similar equation in which McGowan's characteristic volume, Vx, replaces the log L16 descriptor can be used to analyze partitions between phases. For example, water/phase and blood/phase partition coefficients are analyzed, and the analysis leads again to coefficients that characterize phases and to the prediction of partition coefficients.

Hydrogen bonding. 32. An analysis of water-octanol and water-alkane partitioning and the delta log P parameter of seiler

A general linear solvation energy equation has been used to analyze published partition coefficients in the systems water-octanol (613 solutes), water-hexadecane (370 solutes), water-alkane (200 solutes), and water-cyclohexane (170 solutes). The descriptors used in the equation are R2, an excess molar refraction; phi H2, the solute dipolarity/polarizability; sigma alpha H2 and sigma beta H2, the effective solute hydrogen-bond acidity and basicity; and Vx, the characteristic volume of McGowan. It is shown that the water-octanol partition coefficient is dominated by solute hydrogen-bond basicity, which favors water, and by solute size, which favors octanol, but solute excess molar refraction and dipolarity/polarizability are also significant. For the water-alkane partition coefficients, the same factors are at work, together with solute hydrogen-bond acidity as a major influence that favors water. An analysis of 288 delta log P values shows that solute hydrogen-bond acidity is the major factor but that solute hydrogen-bond basicity and, to a lesser extent, solute dipolarity/polarizability and size are also significant factors that influence the delta log P parameter.