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. 2017 Sep 28;2(9):6244–6249. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01102

Table 1. log KOW Values Obtained by the Present Method at 20–21 °C.

compound name and CAS-RN amounta log KOW (ref (14)) log KOW ± SD (eq 4, this work) volume ratio vO/vW log(vol ratio) log KOW (eq 5b) literature log KOW (ref (9))
dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), 67-68-5 200 μL   –1.98 ± 0.070 (n = 5) 0.78 –0.11 –1.87 –1.35
−2.03 (ref (1))
acetamide, 60-35-5 117–131 mg   –1.48b ± 0.051 (n = 5) 0.89 –0.05 –1.43 –1.26
dimethylformamide (DMF), 68-12-2 200 μL   –1.10 ± 0.026 (n = 5) 0.85 –0.07 –1.03 –1.01 (ref (8))
−1.04 (ref (16))
methanol, 67-56-1 200 μL   –0.76 ± 0.014 (n = 5) 0.97 –0.013 –0.75 –0.77
–0.72c ± 0.016 (n = 5) 0.97 −0.013 −0.71c
1,4-dioxane, 123-91-1 200 μL   –0.27 ± 0.008 (n = 5) 1.11 0.05 –0.31 –0.27
acetonitrile, 75-05-8 200 μL –0.51 –0.22 ± 0.006 (n = 5) 1.14 0.06 –0.28 –0.34
ethanol, 64-17-5 200 μL –0.29 –0.24 ± 0.018 (n = 5) 1.21 0.08 –0.32 –0.31
–0.22c ± 0.018 (n = 5) 1.21 0.08 −0.30c
acetone, 67-64-1 200 μL –0.23 –0.22 ± 0.005 (n = 5) 1.06 0.025 –0.24 –0.24
acetic acid, 64-19-7 30 μL   –0.25d ± 0.034 (n = 5) 1.12 0.05 –0.30 –0.17
(log D, pH ≈ 2.5) −0.31 (ref 1)
2-propanol, 67-63-0 200 μL 0.11 0.12 ± 0.012 (n = 5) 1.26 0.10 0.02 0.05
0.14c± 0.012 (n = 5) 1.26 0.10 0.04c
methyl acetate, 79-20-9 120 μL   0.25 ± 0.027 (n = 5) 1.15 0.06 0.19 0.18
1-propanol, 71-23-8 200 μL   0.42 ± 0.035 (n = 5) 1.39 0.14 0.28 0.25
butanone, 78-93-3 150 μL   0.44 ± 0.013 (n = 5) 1.28 0.11 0.33 0.29
t-butanol, 75-65-0 200 μL 0.36 0.43 ± 0.004 (n = 5) 1.40 0.146 0.28 0.35
0.44c± 0.004 (n = 5) 1.40 0.146 0.29c
tetrahydrofuran, (THF), 109-99-9 200 μL 0.43 0.57 ± 0.005 (n = 5) 1.35 0.13 0.44 0.46
pyridine, 110-86-1 200 μL   0.57 ± 0.003 (n = 5), 1.38 0.14 0.43 0.60
(log D, pH ≈ 7.5) 0.65
2-butanol, 78-92-2 80 μL   0.75 ± 0.016 (n = 5) 1.25 0.10 0.65 0.61
ethyl acetate, 141-78-6 40 μL   0.93 ± 0.018 (n = 5) 1.12 0.049 0.88 0.73
2-methylpropanol-1 (isobutanol), 78-83-1 50 μL   0.96 ± 0.043 (n = 5) 1.17 0.068 0.89 0.76
1-butanol, 71-36-3 43 μL   0.96 ± 0.145 (n = 5) 1.19 0.074 0.89 0.88
a

Amounts of nonwater-miscible compounds were chosen so as to result in a nearly saturated solution in 500 μL H2O.

b

Corrected for NH2, see text.

c

Corrected for OH, see text.

d

Corrected for COOH, see text.