Quantitative structure-activity relationships for joint toxicity of substituted phenols and anilines to Scenedesmus obliquus

There are often many chemicals coexisting in aquatic ecosystems, and few information on the joint toxicity of a mixture of organic pollutants is available at present. The 48-h toxicity of substituted phenols and anilines and their binary mixtures to Scenedesmus obliquus was determined by the algae inhibition test. The median effective inhibition concentration EC50 values for single compounds and EC50mix values for coexistent compounds were obtained. The n-octanol/water partition coefficient （logPmlx） and the frontier orbital energy gap （AEmlx） for mixtures were calculated. The following two-descriptor quantitative structure-activity relationships （QSARs） models were developed to predict single toxicity and joint toxicity respectively： log（1/ECs0） = 0.445logP - 0.801AE ＋ 9.501 （r2 = 0.876） and log （1/EC50mix） = 0.338logPmix- 0.492AEmix ＋ 6.928 （r^2 = 0.831）. The two equations were found to fit well. In addition, the model derived from the structural parameters of single components in binary mixtures log（1/EC50mix） = 0.2221ogP - 0.277AE ＋ 5.250 （r^2 = 0.879） can be used successfully to predict the toxicity of a mixture.

Prediction of Toxicity of Phenols and Anilines to Algae by Quantitative Structure-activity Relationship

Objective To measure the toxicity of phenol, aniline, and their derivatives to algae and to assess, model, and predict the toxicity using quantitative structure-activity relationship （QSAR） method. Methods Oxygen production was used as the response endpoint for assessing the toxic effects of chemicals on algal photosynthesis. The energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital （ELUMO） and the energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital （EHOMO） were obtained from the ChemOffice 2004 program using the quantum chemical method MOPAC, and the frontier orbital energy gap （△E） was obtained. Results The compounds exhibited a reasonably wide range of algal toxicity. The most toxic compound was α-naphthol, whereas the least toxic one was aniline. A two-descriptor model was derived from the algal toxicity and structural parameters： logl/EC50=0.2681ogKow-1.006△E＋11.769 （n=20, r^2=0.946）. This model was stable and satisfactory for predicting toxicity. Conclusion Phenol, aniline, and their derivatives are polar narcotics. Their toxicity is greater than estimated by hydrophobicity only, and addition of the frontier orbital energy gap AE can significantly improve the prediction of logKow-dependent models.

ADSORPTION MECHANISM OF SOME BIVALENT HEAVY METAL CATIONS IN SOLUTIONS USING MONTMORILLONITE

The frontier orbital energies of montmorillonite molecule and[Me(H_(2)O)_(6)]^(2+)(Me=Cu^(2+),Zn^(2+),Co^(2+)and Ni^(2+))were calculated by INDO method.Results showed that the chemical interaction between montmorillonite molecule and[Cu(H_(2)O)_(6)]^(2+)or[Zn(H_(2)O)_(6)]^(2+)was possible.The experimental results of powder X-ray diffraction and isothermal adsorption supported the above-mentioned calculation results.

Quantum-chemical study on the catalytic activity of Ti_nRu_mO_2(110)surfaces on chlorine evolution

Based on the generalized gradient approximation （GGA）, Perdew-Wang-91 （PW91） combined with a periodic slab model has been applied to study the catalytic activity of chlorine evolution on TinRumO2 （1 1 0） surface. Metal oxide model TinRumO2 has been established with pure TiO2 and Ru02 on the basis set of Double Numerical plus polarization （DNP）, in which the proportion of n：m was 3：1, 1 ：l, or 1：3. Analysis on the reaction activity in the electrochemical reaction and the electrochemical desorption reaction was based on Frontier molecular orbital theory. The results show that the TinRumO2 with a ratio of Ti：Ru at 3：1 is best facilitates the electrochemical reaction and electrochemical desorption reaction to produce M-Clads intermediate and precipitate C12. In addition, the adsorption energy of Cl on the surface of Ti3RU102 possesses the minimum value of 2.514 eV, and thus electrochemical desorption reaction could occur most easily.