Mathematical and Chemical Analysis of Wiener's Polarity Number
Mathematical and Chemical Analysis of Wiener's Polarity Number
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DOI:
10.1533/9780857099617.38
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2002
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H. Hosoya;Ying-Duo Gao
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作者:
H. Hosoya;Ying-Duo Gao
One of the first two topological indices proposed by Wiener for correlating with the thermodynamic quantities of alkane isomers, the polarity number, p, has not been paid much attention by researchers involved in both QSAR and physical chemistry studies in contrast to the famous path number, w. However, p is remarkably well correlated with liquid density, d, refractive index, and molar volume. In this chapter this abnormally good correlation of p with d, together with other related topological indices, A3 and Z3, is shown with many examples. It is pointed out that as the size of alkane increases the correlation coefficient between p and w becomes fairly large. It is also shown that A3 is well correlated with p if a small amount of either of Hosoya's topological indices, Z1 and Z3, is combined additively. The secret of high correlation between p and d can be achieved by using the rotational polynomial proposed by Hosoya, which can estimate the statistical distribution of the rotational conformers of alkane molecules. We show that the greater the number of 3-step pairs (p number) of carbon atoms in the alkane skeleton, the denser the alkane liquid.