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Article

Prediction of Partition Coefficients of Organic Compounds between SPME/PDMS and Aqueous Solution

Department of Occupational Safety and Health, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh-Shih Rd., Taichung 40402, Taiwan
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2014, 15(2), 2585-2595; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms15022585
Submission received: 3 January 2014 / Revised: 6 February 2014 / Accepted: 11 February 2014 / Published: 14 February 2014
(This article belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry)

Abstract

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Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is commonly used as the coated polymer in the solid phase microextraction (SPME) technique. In this study, the partition coefficients of organic compounds between SPME/PDMS and the aqueous solution were compiled from the literature sources. The correlation analysis for partition coefficients was conducted to interpret the effect of their physicochemical properties and descriptors on the partitioning process. The PDMS-water partition coefficients were significantly correlated to the polarizability of organic compounds (r = 0.977, p < 0.05). An empirical model, consisting of the polarizability, the molecular connectivity index, and an indicator variable, was developed to appropriately predict the partition coefficients of 61 organic compounds for the training set. The predictive ability of the empirical model was demonstrated by using it on a test set of 26 chemicals not included in the training set. The empirical model, applying the straightforward calculated molecular descriptors, for estimating the PDMS-water partition coefficient will contribute to the practical applications of the SPME technique.

1. Introduction

Solid phase microextraction (SPME) is a solvent-free sample preparation technique. The outer layer of the fused silica rod of the SPME device is coated with polymeric materials, such as polydimethylsiloxane. When the SPME device is placed in a sample matrix, the analyte is extracted and sorbed from the sample matrix onto the polymeric coating stationary phase. The analyte is then desorbed from the SPME device and the concentrated extract is analyzed using an instrument such as a gas chromatograph. The SPME technique simplifies the four steps of sampling, extraction, condensation and introduction of the sample into the analytical instrument [1]. In comparison to the traditional solid phase extraction methods, the advantages of SPME are lower cost, easy handling and shorter time procedures. Therefore, SPME has been widely used in the analysis of many organic compounds in water [2,3].
Sorption of the analyte between the sample matrix and the coating phase may be assumed to be an equilibrium partitioning process and may be modeled by a linear isotherm as follows:
K f s = C f C s
where Cf and Cs are the equilibrium concentrations of the analyte in the coating and the sample matrix, respectively (M/L3); and Kfs is the coating-matrix partition coefficient.
For an aqueous matrix, the total mass of analyte in the coating and the sample matrix can be represented as:
C o V s = C f V f + C s V s = ( K f s V f + V s ) C s
where Co is the initial concentrations of the analyte in the sample matrix (M/L3); and Vf and Vs are the volumes of the coating and the sample matrix, respectively (L3).
The mass of analyte sorbed by the coating of SPME, Mf (M), can be determined as:
M f = C f V f = K f s C s V f = K f s C o V s V f K f s V f + V s
Prior to using the SPME technique for sampling and analysis, the first step is to select the appropriate polymer as the SPME coated material to sorb the analyte. As shown in Equation 3, the mass of analyte sorbed by SPME is determined by the coating-matrix partition coefficient Kfs. The proper application of SPME is primarily dependent on the partition coefficient of analyte between the polymeric coating and sample matrix. Therefore, there is a need to estimate the partition coefficient Kfs for determining the sensitivity of SPME extraction [46].
Factors affecting the sorption of organic compounds onto the solid phase include electrical attraction, chemical affinity of the organic molecule, van der Waal’s force and the hydrophobic nature of the organic compound [7]. The physicochemical descriptors, such as polarizability, molecular connectivity index, and indicator variable, have been found to be successful in modeling the parameters for partition processes like octanol-water, octanol-air and air-water partition coefficients as well as adsorption coefficients and aqueous solubility of organic compounds [812].
This study is an attempt to develop predictive equations for the partition coefficients of a variety of chemicals in aqueous solutions onto SPME/PDMS based on their physicochemical properties and molecular structures. This was achieved by using the PDMS-water partition coefficients, Kfw, retrieved from the literature [13,14] and relating them to their physicochemical descriptors, such as polarizability (Φ), molecular connectivity index (1χ), indicator variable (I), water solubility (WS), molecular weight (MW), and octanol-water partition coefficient (log Kow). The correlation analysis of Kfw can provide an understanding in the partitioning process between SPME/PDMS and aqueous samples. Further, the predictive equations will provide a means of determination Kfs for other chemicals, and facilitate the application of the SPME technique.

2. Results and Discussion

2.1 Correlation Analysis

PDMS is a hydrophobic and nonpolar polymer. Therefore, the nonpolar attractive force causing physical adsorption of organic compounds onto PDMS surfaces is the van der Waals force. One of the attractive potential energies for the van der Waals forces is the dipole-induced dipole interaction, also called London dispersion force, between PDMS and organic molecules. When SPME/PDMS is placed in the aqueous solution, the dipole moment of PDMS creates an electric field which polarizes the charges on organic molecules. The magnitude of induced change in dipole moment is determined by the polarizability of organic molecules [15]. As presented in Table 1, Kfw was found to correlate best with the polarizability of organic compounds (r = 0.977, p < 0.05). Therefore, the polarizability can be a good basis to understand the partition between SPME/PDMS and organic compounds in the aqueous solution.
In general, the van der Waals forces of molecules increase with an increase in their molecular weights [7]. Table 1 shows that Kfw was proportional to the molecular weights of organic compounds but only with a correlation coefficient r = 0.474 (p < 0.05). If the organic compounds were grouped in different categories, i.e., alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons, for correlation analysis, Figure 1 indicates that Kfw was significantly correlated to their molecular weights (r ≥ 0.916). This result may imply that diffusion of organic molecules in the PDMS fiber was not a governing mechanism for the mass transfer between PDMS and organic compounds.
According to the principle of “like dissolves like”, it is plausible that a non-polar compound is more easily sorbed by PDMS. In general, the larger the octanol-water partition coefficient of a chemical, the lower the polarity. Several researchers indicated that log Kfw of SPME/PDMS linearly increased with log Kow for organic compounds [16,17]. As seen in Table 1, log Kfw for the training set showed a positive correlation with their log Kow (r = 0.774, p < 0.05). On the other hand, an inversely proportional trend was observed between log Kfw and water solubility (r = 0.559, p < 0.05), indicating that the less soluble compound is more likely partitioned to SPME/PDMS than more soluble compounds.
The molecular connectivity index conveys the degree of branching for the molecular structure [18]. The greater the degree of branching in a molecule, the lower will be the value of the molecular connectivity index. Table 1 shows that Kfw was well proportional to their molecular connectivity indexes with a correlation coefficient r = 0.743 (p < 0.05). Several researchers have indicated that the molecular connectivity indexes were significantly correlated to polarizability [12,18]. In this study, the molecular connectivity indexes of the training set were proportional to their polarizability (r = 0.676, p < 0.05). However, it is speculated that the branch molecule is less easily partitioned to SPME/PDMS.

2.2 Empirical Models

The best predictive model for Kfw was obtained through the multiple regression analysis using a statistical software package SPSS 20.0 version (IBM, New York, NY, USA, 2011). Based on the stepwise regression with 95% confidence limits, the multiple regression analyses of Kfw was as follows (r = 0.99, p < 0.05):
l o g K f w = 1.545 + 0.724 Φ + 0.292 χ 1 - 0.227 I + 0.001 W S
The above model explained 98% of the variance in the Kfw data of the training set. Nirmalakhandan and Speece [12] developed a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model for estimating Henry’s constant. In their study, the best predictive equation consisted of the molecular connectivity index, polarizability, and indicator variable of organic compounds. For the physicochemical descriptors of Equation (4), Table 1 indicates that the water solubility (r = 0.559) and the indicator variable (r = 0.583) were correlated to Kfw with the lower correlation coefficients. If the water solubility and the indicator variable were excluded for Equation (4), the multiple regressions of Kfw were as follows:
l o g K f w = 1.447 + 0.728 Φ + 0.316 χ 1 - 0.224 I
l o g K f w = 1.502 + 0.918 Φ + 0.177 χ 1
For Equations (5) and (6), the correlation coefficients (r) were 0.989 and 0.984, respectively, which were similar to that of Equation (4). Figure 2 presents a comparison of Kfw for the training set with Kfw predicted from Equations (4)(6). Figure 2 shows that the agreement between the training set and the models predicted Kfw is very satisfactory.
Several researchers have used the linear solvation energy relationship (LSER) method to estimate Kfw for SPME [19,20]. The LSER model consists of five descriptors of chemicals, i.e., molar refraction, polarizability, hydrogen bond acidity, hydrogen bond basicity, and McGowan characteristic volume (mainly representing London dispersion). As compared with the models developed herein, the physicochemical descriptors for the LSER method require a large data set. In particular, the physicochemical property data for the LSER method may be unavailable for the compound of interest [16,21].
To assess the validity of the above empirical models, Kfw for the organic compounds of the test set was predicted using Equations (4)(6). Figure 3 indicates a comparison of Kfw for the test set with Kfw predicted using the empirical models. As shown in Figure 3, most of Kfw for the test set were greater than those predicted using the empirical models. The slopes of regression analysis shown in Figure 3 implied that there was a systematic difference in the experimental measurement of Kfw between the training and test sets. For example, Table 3 indicates that the values of Kfw were 566 and 564 for ethylbenzene and p-xylene, respectively. In the study of Xia et al. [14], Kfw was 512 and 575 for ethylbenzene and p-xylene which were not included in the test set. However, the correlation coefficients of Kfw were 0.813, 0.819 and 0.771 for Equations (4)(6), respectively. For a practical purpose, the regression equation, consisting of the molecular connectivity index, polarizability, and indicator variable, can be an adequate model to predict Kfw for SPME/PDMS.

3. Method

3.1. PDMS-Water Partition Coefficients

The training set of PDMS-water partition coefficients for alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons was compiled from the literature [13] published by Dr. Pawliszyn who invented the SPME technique. As shown in Table 2, the values of Kfw (n = 61) exhibit a wide range from 58 (for benzene) to 82,430 (for 3,3-dimethyloctane). In addition, the organic compounds of the training set have a wide range of water solubility, e.g., 1.4 × 10−2 mg/L for 1,3,5-triethylbenzene, and 1.79 × 103 mg/L for benzene. The test set of PDMS-water partition coefficients (n = 26), not included in the training set, was retrieved from the study of Xia et al. [14]. Table 3 indicates that the magnitude of Kfw values for the test set, consisting of alcohols, benzenes and phenols, were between 10−1 and 103. Kfw for the training and test sets were experimentally obtained using the SPME/PDMS devices at 25 °C.

3.2. Physicochemical Descriptors

In this study, the polarizability and molecular connectivity index were used to represent the interactions between the analyte and PDMS coating. As shown in Equation (7), the polarizability Φ was determined by the addition of atom/bond contribution factors [12,22].
Φ = F i × ( n u m b e r o f a t o m / b o n d )
where Fi is the contribution factors indicated in Table 4.
The molecular connectivity index is a topological descriptor of molecular structure based on a count of skeletal atom groupings of a chemical compound [18,23]. For each atom of a molecule, a δ value is assigned as the difference between the number of valence electrons and the number of hydrogen atoms attached to that atom. In this study, the first-order connectivity index, 1χ, was calculated as follows [9,11,12]:
χ 1 = q = 1 n ( δ i δ j ) q - 0.5
where δi and δj are the δ values of two adjacent atoms i and j, respectively; and n is the number of bonds in the molecule.
An indicator variable, I, was used to differentiate between compounds on the basis of their ability to take place in hydrogen bonding [24]. I was assigned a value of 1 for all compounds containing an electronegative element, such as oxygen, nitrogen, and halogen etc., attached directly to a carbon atom holding a hydrogen atom. In addition, the value of I was assigned 1 for acetylinic compounds and aromatic compounds with partially substituted hydrogen atoms. For the other compounds, I was set equal to zero [12].

4. Conclusions

From the single-parameter model analyses of the training set, the PDMS-water partition coefficients were proportional to the molecular connectivity index, polarizability, molecular weight, and octanol-water partition coefficient of organic compounds, while an inversely proportional trend was observed between Kfw and the water solubility as well as the indicator variable. Kfw was significantly dependent on the polarizability of the organic compounds. Based on the results of multiple regression analyses, several correlations for Kfw were developed using the polarizability, molecular connectivity index, indicator variable and water solubility, indicating a good agreement (r ≥ 0.771) between the training set and the predicted Kfw. In addition, the correlations were able to adequately predict Kfw for a test set which were not included in the correlation development. The empirical model developed in this work is more versatile than current available correlations. In order to broaden the predictive abilities, however, future work should be conducted to calculate Kfw using the empirical model for a variety of organic compounds.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Correlations of Kfw for the training set with their molecular weights.
Figure 1. Correlations of Kfw for the training set with their molecular weights.
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Figure 2. Comparison of Kfw between the training set and predictive models.
Figure 2. Comparison of Kfw between the training set and predictive models.
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Figure 3. Comparison of Kfw between the test set and predictive models.
Figure 3. Comparison of Kfw between the test set and predictive models.
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Table 1. Correlation analysis of Kfw for the training set.
Table 1. Correlation analysis of Kfw for the training set.
DescriptorCorrelation
Φlog Kfw = 1.933 + 1.026 Φ (r = 0.977, p < 0.05)
log Kowlog Kfw = 0.319 + 0.881 log Kow (r = 0.774, p < 0.05)
1χlog Kfw = 0.750 + 0.862 1χ (r = 0.743, p < 0.05)
Ilog Kfw = 4.144 − 0.846 I (r = 0.583, p < 0.05)
WSlog Kfw = 3.936 − 0.002 WS (r = 0.559, p < 0.05)
MWlog Kfw = 1.859 + 0.017 MW (r = 0.474, p < 0.05)
Table 2. The training set of PDMS-water partition coefficients and physico-chemical descriptors.
Table 2. The training set of PDMS-water partition coefficients and physico-chemical descriptors.
CompoundKfw1χΦIMW WS log Kow
Benzene5820.16517817902.13
Toluene1892.4110.5021925262.73
o-Xylene4852.8270.83911061783.12
m-Xylene5332.8210.83911061613.2
p-Xylene5642.8210.83911061623.15
Ethylbenzene5662.9710.83911061693.15
Cyclopentane7122.50.7330701563.01
Methylcyclopentane13562.8941.07084423.37
Isopropylbenzene14123.3541.176112061.33.66
1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene14513.2321.176112048.23.42
1-Methyl-4-Ethylbenzene15813.3821.176112094.93.63
Cyclohexane159231.07084553.44
n-Propylbenzene16643.4711.176112052.23.69
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene21833.2381.761120573.63
tert-Butylbenzene21853.6611.513113429.54.11
2,3-Dimethylbutane23592.6431.78208622.53.42
2-Methylpentane32242.771.782086143.21
3-Methylpentane32702.8081.78208617.93.6
1-Methyl-3-Isopropylbenzene32843.7651.513113442.54.5
trans-1,2-Dimethylcyclopentane33723.2071.40709833.93.52
1-Methyl-3-n-Propylbenzene37723.8821.51311349.094.67
n-Butylbenzene38723.9711.513113411.84.38
1,2-Dimethyl-4-Ethylbenzene39843.81.513113412.74.5
sec-Butylbenzene40113.8921.513113417.64.57
Isobutylbenzene41973.8271.513113410.14.68
cis-1,3-Dimethylcyclopentane42893.2881.40709833.93.52
1,3-Dimethyl-2-Ethylbenzene43453.8051.513113419.64.28
Methylcyclohexane46573.3941.407098143.61
cis-trans-cis-1,2,4-Trimethylcyclopentane56213.6981.744011214.83.94
trans-1,2-Dimethylcyclohexane66383.8051.74401125.24.01
1-Ethyl-1-methylcyclopentane68313.7681.744012211.64.05
2,2-Dimethylpentane73493.0612.11901004.43.67
cis-1,2-Dimethylcyclohexane78263.8051.744011264.01
n-Pentylbenzene81954.4711.8511483.374.9
2,4-Dimethylpentane89893.1262.11901005.53.63
2-Methylbutylbenzene90994.3651.85114812.74.43
2,2,3-Trimethylbutane98023.9442.119010028.93.59
2-Methylhexane10,2023.272.11901002.543.71
3,3-Dimethylpentane10,9633.1212.11901005.923.67
3-Methylhexane11,1462.92.11901004.953.71
2,3-Dimethylpentane13,0743.1812.11901005.253.63
1,2,4-Triethylbenzene16,2534.922.18711622.95.11
1,3,5-Triethylbenzene18,5174.9142.18711620.0145.11
2,2,3-Trimethylpentane21,2053.4812.45601142.44.09
2,5-Dimethylhexane23,5193.6262.45601149.24.12
2,2-Dimethylhexane24,5043.5612.45601140.24.16
2-Methylheptane25,8063.772.45601147.974.2
4-Methylheptane27,2743.8082.45601147.974.2
3-Ethylhexane28,3703.8462.45601147.974.2
3-Methylheptane31,8563.8082.45601140.7924.2
2,3-Dimethylhexane33,7493.6812.45601149.24.12
2,4-Dimethylhexane41,1333.6642.45601149.874.12
2-Methyloctane45,2674.272.79301282.874.69
3,3-Diethylpentane63,7184.2432.79301282.94.65
3-Methyloctane66,6824.3082.79301282.874.69
2,3-Dimethylheptane68,6754.1812.79301283.374.61
3,3-Dimethylheptane76,0134.1212.79301282.94.65
3,5-Dimethylheptane78,8294.2022.79301283.114.61
3,3-Dimethyloctane82,4304.6213.1301422.95.14
2,5-Dimethylheptane84,1424.1642.79301283.114.61
3,4-Dimethylheptane93,2924.2192.79301283.114.61
MW: g/mole;
WS: mg/L.
Table 3. The test set of PDMS-water partition coefficients.
Table 3. The test set of PDMS-water partition coefficients.
CompoundKfw1χΦIWS
Benzyl alcohol0.4472.580−0.32314.29 × 104
4-Fluorophenol0.5252.234−1.11011.25 × 104
Phenol0.6612.134−0.54018.28 × 104
m-Cresol0.9332.545−0.32312.27 × 104
Phenethyl alcohol1.3183.0810.01412 × 104
3-Methylbenzyl alcohol1.4792.9910.01415 × 104
3-Chlorophenol2.0422.647−0.72712.6 × 104
3,5-Dimethylphenol2.6302.9560.01414.88 × 103
3-Bromophenol2.8843.026−0.76212.4 × 104
4-Ethylphenol3.9813.1060.01414.9 × 103
4-Chloroaniline6.9182.676−0.02213.9 × 103
Phenyl acetate7.2443.023−1.43014.64 × 103
Benzonitrile10.962.3840.75312 × 103
Acetophenone10.962.865−0.60516.13 × 103
4-Chloroacetophenone43.73.342−0.6721111
Methyl benzoate44.72.977−1.43012.1 × 103
Ethylbenzoate131.83.565−1.0931720
4-Chloroanisole234.43.036−0.3901237
Chlorobenzene251.22.4770.0981498
Bromobenzene323.62.8910.0631410
Iodobenzene537.13.1610.6921340
Naphthalene676.13.405−0.344131
4-Chlorotoluene741.33.0950.4351106
Propylbenzene13803.4711.176152.2
1-Methylnaphthalene18193.821−0.007125.8
Biphenyl23444.071−0.00716.9
WS: mg/L.
Table 4. Contribution factors for the calculation of polarizability.
Table 4. Contribution factors for the calculation of polarizability.
Atom/bondContribution factorAtom/bondContribution factor
Carbon0.577Iodine0.407
Hydrogen *−0.120Fluorine−0.570
Oxygen−0.825Cycle−0.952
Hydroxyl−3.701Double bond−0.859
Chlorine−0.187Triple bond−0.109
Bromine−0.222--
Data was obtained from Nirmalakhandan and Speece [12];
*Attached to carbon atoms only.

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