Volume 64, Issue 4 pp. 599-606
Research Article

Selection of a reference partitioning system for drug design work

R. Nelson Smith

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R. Nelson Smith

Seaver Chemistry Laboratory, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711

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Copwin Hansch

Copwin Hansch

Seaver Chemistry Laboratory, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711

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Matthew M. Ames

Matthew M. Ames

Seaver Chemistry Laboratory, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711

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First published: April 1975
Citations: 39

Abstract

Consideration of the structural, polar, and transport properties of water-saturated solvent and solvent-saturated water phases of three general and eight specific binary systems leads to the conclusion that the n-octanol—water system is a very good allround compromise for use as a reference system for biological partitioning in drug design work.

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