Polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes（PCDTs） are a group of important persistent organic pollutants.In the present study,geometrical optimization and electrostatic potential calculations have been performed for all 135 ...Polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes（PCDTs） are a group of important persistent organic pollutants.In the present study,geometrical optimization and electrostatic potential calculations have been performed for all 135 PCDTs congeners at the B3LYP/6-31G＊ level of theory.By means of the VSMP（variable selection and modeling based on prediction） program,one optimal descriptor（molecular polarizability,α） was selected to develop a QSRR model for the prediction of gas chromatographic retention indices（GC-RI） of PCDTs.The estimated correlation coefficients（r2） and LOO-validated correlation coefficients（q2）,all more than 0.99,were built by multiple linear regression,which shows a good estimation ability and stability of the models.A prediction power for the external samples was validated by the model built from the training set with 17 polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes.展开更多
基金Sponsored by the NSF of Guangxi Province (No. 2011XNSFA018059)Guangxi Key Laboratory Research Fund of Environmental Engineering and Protection Assessment (No. 0801Z026)+1 种基金Major Science of Water Pollution Control and Management (No. 2008ZX07317-02)the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Department of Education Research (No. 201010LX174) Funding
文摘Polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes（PCDTs） are a group of important persistent organic pollutants.In the present study,geometrical optimization and electrostatic potential calculations have been performed for all 135 PCDTs congeners at the B3LYP/6-31G＊ level of theory.By means of the VSMP（variable selection and modeling based on prediction） program,one optimal descriptor（molecular polarizability,α） was selected to develop a QSRR model for the prediction of gas chromatographic retention indices（GC-RI） of PCDTs.The estimated correlation coefficients（r2） and LOO-validated correlation coefficients（q2）,all more than 0.99,were built by multiple linear regression,which shows a good estimation ability and stability of the models.A prediction power for the external samples was validated by the model built from the training set with 17 polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes.
