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Example WsKow Data Entry, Structure Window, and Results

The WskowWin Program has three separate, place-able Windows: (1) a data entry window, (2) a detail results window, (3) and a structure depiction window. An example data entry screen and structure window are shown here. The example results output is shown below.

WsKow Estimation Results for 2-Nitrotoluene

This estimation for 2-Nitrotoluene produces the following results:

         Water Sol: 485.9 mg/L 

Experimental Water Solubility Database Match:

  Name     :  2-NITROTOLUENE
  CAS Num  :  000088-72-2
  Exp WSol :  650 mg/L (30 deg C)
  Exp Ref  :  YALKOWSKY,SH & DANNENFELSER,RM (1992) 

SMILES : Cc1ccccc1N(=O)(=O)
CHEM   : 2-Nitrotoluene
MOL FOR: C7 H7 N1 O2
MOL WT : 137.14
------------------------- WSKOW v1.40 Results --------------
Log Kow  (estimated)  :  2.36
Log Kow (experimental):  2.30
    Cas No: 000088-72-2
    Name  : 2-Nitrotoluene
    Refer : Hansch,C et al. (1995)
Log Kow used by Water solubility estimates:  2.30 

Equation Used to Make Water Sol estimate:
   Log S (mol/L) = 0.693-0.96 log Kow-0.0092(Tm-25)-0.00314 MW + Correction
      Melting Pt (Tm) = -10.00 deg C (Use Tm = 25 for all liquids) 

      Correction(s):         Value
      --------------------   -----
       Nitro (-NO2)         -0.505

   Log Water Solubility  (in moles/L) :  -2.451
   Water Solubility at 25 deg C (mg/L):  485.9

WsKow uses four data 
        entry fields as follows:

SMILES: this is the structure of the compound as a SMILES notation (required)...a maximum of 360 characters is allowed in this field.

NAME: this is the name or ID of the compound; it is optional (not required for estimation).

Melting Pt: this is measured melting point of the compound in deg C; this field is optional (not required for estimation). When left blank, Wskow uses an estimation equation that excludes melting point. In terms of method accuracy, this equation is not as good as the equation that uses a measured melting point... if a melting point is available, it should be entered here!

Log Kow: this is a known value for the log octanol-water partition coefficient; it is optional (not required for estimation). When a value is entered here, it is used to estimate WSol rather than the estimate Kow or a Kow retrieved from the experimental database.

Wskow estimates a log Kow for every SMILES notation by using the estimation engine from Syracuse Research Corporation's Kowwin Program. Wskow also automatically retrieves experimental log Kow values from a database containing more than 13100 organic compounds with reliably measured values. When a SMILES structure matches a database structure (via an exact atom-to-atom connection match), the experimental log Kow value is retrieved and used to predict Wsol rather than the estimated value.