Gajewicz, A.; Haranczyk, M.; Puzyn, T. Predicting logarithmic values of the subcooled liquid vapor pressure of halogenated persistent organic pollutants with QSPR: How different are chlorinated and brominated congeners?. Atmos. Environ. 2010, 44, 11, 1428–1436.

Abstract

Logarithmic values of the subcooled liquid vapor pressure (log PL) were estimated for 1436 polychlorinated and polybrominated congeners of benzenes, biphenyls, dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, diphenyl ethers and naphthalenes by employing the Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships (QSPR) approach. The QSPR model developed with GA-PLS technique was characterized by satisfactory goodness-of-fit, robustness and the external predictive performance (R2_Y = 0.970, Q2_CV = 0.970, Q2_Ext = 0.966, RMSE_C = 0.21, RMSE_CV = 0.22 and RMSE_P = 0.22). The externally validated model has been applied to predict subcooled liquid vapor pressure of uninvestigated halogenated persistent organic pollutants. Moreover, a simple arithmetic relationship between logarithmic values of subcooled liquid vapor pressures in pairs of chloro- and bromo-analogues has been found. This relationship can be used for estimating log PL of a brominated compound, whenever log PL of its chlorinated counterpart is known, without necessity of performing any time-consuming computations.