Fluorometric determination of partition coefficients of naphthalene homologues in octanol-water mixtures

The octanol/water partition coefficients of 12 naphthalene homologues have been measured using a newly developed fluorometric technique. The log P values of alkyl substituents obtained by this method were found to be in reasonable agreement with the literature values. Key words: FluorometryNaphthalene HomologuesOctanol/Water Partition CoefficientOrganic Pollutants Notes Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Present address: Division of Bacterial Products, Bureau of Biologics/FDA 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20014