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Molecular Surface Description of Halomethanes and its Relation to Their Physicochemical Properties: A Quantum Chemical Investigation

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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The relation between a compound's molecular surface and its respective macroscopic properties is a particularly intriguing field of quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) studies. More specifically, physicochemical properties like critical volumes Vc and critical pressures Pc are, undoubtedly, amongst the important characteristics for chemical research and chemical industries. Besides, the acentric factor ω has been proven efficacious for a sufficient characterization of fluids. In the present work, we offer a new approach to the determination of the mentioned properties of halomethanes from computed molecular surface properties assisted by a simple atomic contribution. The molecular surfaces of the halomethanes were first studied in terms of their molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) maps and average local ionization energy (ALIE) maps, in addition to their molecular surfaces' areas and volumes. Certain molecular surface properties were calculated and employed as independent variables in a multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis against Vc, Pc and ω. For Vc, MLR based on two variables resulted in a correlation coefficient R = 0.996 and a relative standard error RSE = 2.68%. For Pc, using two additional independent variables, R and RSE were found to be 0.980 and 4.48%. Finally, for ω, using one more independent variable, R and RSE were found to be 0.978 and 5.79%, respectively. This was a quite good improvement of Vc prediction and a very substantial improvement of Pc prediction, compared to results obtained by applying variables from previous literature to the same halomethanes under study. Moreover, the prediction of the acentric factor from quantum-chemical calculation is unprecedented in literature.

DOI

10.21608/sjsci.2024.275575.1185

Keywords

Molecular surface, Molecular electrostatic potential, Average local ionization energy, Halomethanes, Critical volume, Critical pressure, Acentric factor

Authors

First Name

Ossama

Last Name

Abdeen

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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt

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ossamaabdeen0@gmail.com

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Sohag

Orcid

0009-0005-3878-970X

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Ismael

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-

Affiliation

Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt

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usa_moh2000@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

Orcid

0000-0002-8488-6026

First Name

Aly

Last Name

Abdou

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-

Affiliation

Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt

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aly_abdou@science.sohag.edu.eg

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sohag

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0000-0002-5979-2650

Volume

9

Article Issue

3

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46685

Issue Date

2024-09-01

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2024-03-08

Publish Date

2024-09-01

Page Start

375

Page End

380

Print ISSN

2357-0938

Online ISSN

2974-4296

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Sohag Journal of Sciences

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Molecular Surface Description of Halomethanes and its Relation to Their Physicochemical Properties: A Quantum Chemical Investigation

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29 Dec 2024