title: Molecular descriptors of N-arylhydroxamic acids: a tool in drug design.
abstract: The partition coefficient in the 1-octanol/water system, log P(O/W), is a measure of lipophilicity. It is used as a predictor of solute-membrane partitioning. The objective of this study was to measure the log P(O/W) of five hydroxamic acids. Other molecular descriptors of these solutes, namely molar volume, molar refraction, parachor, polarizability (pi*), hydrogen-bond donor acidity (epsilon alpha) and hydrogen-bond acceptor basicity (epsilon beta), have also been discussed. These properties represent the combined effects of a number of intermolecular forces between a solute and its environment.
authors.forename: Vaishali
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Rama
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pande
mesh_terms: D020003:1-Octanol / Q000737:chemistry; D000465:Algorithms; D015195:Drug Design; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D014867:Water; D020003:1-Octanol