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Table 4 Calculated molecular descriptors and goodness-of-correlation of derived hydrophobicity descriptor (φ o ) with calculated molecular descriptors.

From: Engineering and validation of a novel lipid thin film for biomembrane modeling in lipophilicity determination of drugs and xenobiotics

S/No

Theoretical molecular descriptors/Model compounds

Coefficient of determination (R2) in correlation of φ o with calculated descriptors

  

ADBA

NPX

NBT

HF

LP

ODS

LO

1.

Refractive index

1.719

1.608

1.575

1.562

0.720

0.980

0.577

2.

Surface tension(dyne/cm)

101.6

47.4

39.8

44.6

0.505

0.869

0.360

3.

Density (g/cm3)

1.775

1.197

1.084

1.25

0.398

0.766

0.267

4.

Polarizability (10-24 cm3)

20.02

26.37

27.59

51.42

0.747

0.608

0.723

5.

Parachor (cm3)

406.2

504.6

529

1033.1

0.721

0.557

0.709

6.

Molar refractivity (cm3)

50.51

66.52

69.61

129.7

0.747

0.608

0.723

7.

Molar volume (cm3)

127.9

192.2

210.5

399.7

0.791

0.672

0.757

Experimental data

1.

Log P*(octanol/water)

-1.50

3.18

3.27

3.25

0.468

0.852

0.32

2. a

φ o LP

-0.081

0.11

0.70

1.03

-

-

-

b.

φ o LO

-0.073

-0.073

0.66

1.03

-

-

-

c.

φ o ODS

-0.073

0.6

0.89

1.09

-

-

-

  1. * Log P values were taken from literature