LSER for Inorganic Compounds

The linear solvation energy relationship (LSER) can be a useful predictive tool for environmental property estimations (Hickey 1999). In LSER, the solution behavior of a substance (e.g., solubility, bioaccumulation, and toxicity) is directly related to several aspects of its chemical structure. Eor example, a LSER equation is depicted in Equation (3.73)  

Source Data from B.G. Segal, Chemistry Experiments and Theory (New York Wiley, 1989). 

Values for the steric parameter V/lOO were calculated from atomic parachors, through a characteristic molecular volume (Vx) to a corresponding intrinsic molecular volume (Vj). 

For 7T, dipole moments, polarizabilities and electronegativity were used, whereas for P and a ionization potentials (basicity), electron affinities (acidity) and pK values were the used data. 

The author gratefully thanks Dr. Monica Enache for the generous help given in writing this paper. 

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