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Anal Chem
; 68(1): 130-3, 1996 Jan 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21619228
ABSTRACT
The determination of octanol-water partition coefficients (log K(ow)) is important for the prediction of the fate of organic pollutants in the environment. Traditionally, log K(ow) values are determined by shake-flask, estimated by, e.g., HPLC retention data, or calculated, e.g., from ClogP. In this paper, an alternative approach is reported that allows log K(ow) to be estimated from solid-phase microextraction (SPME) data. Previously reported attempts to correlate SPME data with log K(ow) are discussed. The results obtained in this work for six phenols, using an 85 µm polyacrylate-coated fiber, indicate that SPME is a viable method for estimating log K(ow) values <3.5.