title: Modeling and prediction of photolysis half-lives of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aerosols by quantum chemical descriptors.
abstract: Quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) modeling is a powerful approach for predicting environmental fate parameters of organic pollutants with their structure descriptors. This study reports QSPR models for photolysis half-lives of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in aerosols. Quantum chemical descriptors computed with density functional theory at B3LYP/6-31G(d) level and partial least squares (PLS) analysis with optimizing procedure were used for generating QSPR models. The correlation coefficient of the optimal model was 0.993, and the fitting results showed this optimal model had high fitting precision and good predictability. The predicted photolysis half-lives by the optimal model are very close to those observed. The PLS assistant analysis indicated that PAHs with large electronic spatial extent tend to be photolyzed faster, while PAHs with high molecular total energy and small Mulliken atomic charges on the most negative carbon atom tend to be photolyzed slower in aerosols.
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Gui-Ning
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: Xue-Qin
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiao-Yun
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Yi
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010782:Photolysis; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000528:radiation effects*; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons