title: Solvation parameters for mercury and mercury(II) compounds: calculation of properties of environmental interest.
abstract: Descriptors have been determined for four inorganic mercury(II) species and for seventeen organic mercury(II) species, using experimental literature data. These descriptors can then be used in equations that we have already set out in order to estimate a large number of physicochemical properties. These include the water to octanol partition coefficient and the gas to water partition coefficient. For the organic mercury(II) species, including dimethylmercury and the methylmercury(II) halides, the latter has been estimated over the temperature range 273-373 K.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, UK, WC1 H OAJ. m.h.abraham@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gil-Lostes
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Acree
authors.forename: J Enrique
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cometto-Muñiz
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Cain
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D017669:Mercury Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D009941:Organomercury Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D017669:Mercury Compounds; D009941:Organomercury Compounds; D012997:Solvents