Prediction of environmental parameters of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with COSMO-RS

Chemosphere. 2010 May;79(8):821-9. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.02.059. Epub 2010 Apr 3.

Abstract

The methodology for the prediction of properties of environmental relevance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons based on the conductor-like screening model for real solvents (COSMO-RS/COSMOtherm) is presented and evaluated, with a special focus on the aqueous solubility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and related aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). It is shown that the solubility predictions as well as their temperature dependence obtained for a set of 12 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and two related aromatic hydrocarbons are in good agreement with the experimental data. (Subcooled) Vapor pressures, Henry's law constants as well as octanol-water partition coefficients were also estimated and compared with experimental data showing the capability of the model to predict environmental related data with sufficient precision for practical purposes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Environmental Pollutants / chemistry*
  • Kinetics
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / chemistry*
  • Solubility
  • Temperature
  • Vapor Pressure

Substances

  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons