PMID- 10864152
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20001103
LR  - 20190905
IS  - 0045-6535 (Print)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 6
DP  - 2000 Sep
TI  - Estimating K(oc) for persistent organic pollutants: limitations of correlations 
      with K(ow).
PG  - 813-7
AB  - The n-octanol/water partition coefficient (K(ow)) is commonly used to predict the 
      soil or aquatic particle water partition coefficient normalized to organic carbon 
      (K(oc)). Many correlations are available covering several chemical classes and 
      ranges of hydrophobicity. This work indicates the K(ow) may not be a strong 
      predictor for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) which are defined here as 
      chemicals with logK(ow) > 5.0. In addition, the correlation developed in this 
      work for POPs will still result in a predicted value which is of by a factor of 
      15. Accordingly, care must be taken when applying K(oc) estimations using K(ow) 
      for POPs until more suitable correlations are developed.
FAU - Baker, J R
AU  - Baker JR
AD  - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological 
      University, Houghton 49931, USA.
FAU - Mihelcic, J R
AU  - Mihelcic JR
FAU - Shea, E
AU  - Shea E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Fluorenes)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants)
RN  - 360UOL779Z (fluoranthene)
RN  - CIW5S16655 (DDT)
RN  - D9BSU0SE4T (Pentachlorophenol)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
RN  - RIA79UD69L (Methoxychlor)
SB  - IM
MH  - DDT/chemistry/metabolism
MH  - Fluorenes/chemistry/metabolism
MH  - Methoxychlor/chemistry/metabolism
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*chemistry/metabolism
MH  - Pentachlorophenol/chemistry/metabolism
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/chemistry/metabolism
MH  - Predictive Value of Tests
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Soil Pollutants/*metabolism
MH  - Water Pollutants/*metabolism
EDAT- 2000/06/23 11:00
MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01
CRDT- 2000/06/23 11:00
PHST- 2000/06/23 11:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2000/06/23 11:00 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(99)00550-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0045-6535(99)00550-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2000 Sep;41(6):813-7. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(99)00550-0.