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Table 2 Predicted blood–brain barrier partition coefficients

From: Using water–solvent systems to estimate in vivo blood–tissue partition coefficients

Compound

E

S

A

B

V

log BB Eq. (2)

log Pmcy

log BB Eq. (4)

Water

0.00

0.45

0.82

0.35

0.167

−0.38

−4.01

−0.17

Ethanol

0.25

0.42

0.37

0.48

0.449

0.07

−1.78

0.20

1-Propanol

0.24

0.42

0.37

0.48

0.590

0.16

−1.05

0.33

Acetone

0.18

0.70

0.04

0.49

0.547

0.15

−0.90

0.35

t-Butanol

0.18

0.30

0.31

0.60

0.731

0.26

−0.56

0.41

2-Methyl-1-propanol

0.22

0.39

0.37

0.48

0.731

0.26

−0.41

0.44

1-Butanol

0.22

0.42

0.37

0.48

0.731

0.24

−0.40

0.44

Neon

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.085

0.60

0.60

0.61

Argon

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.190

0.67

1.02

0.68

Nitrogen

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.222

0.69

1.06

0.68

Krypton

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.246

0.70

1.25

0.72

Methane

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.250

0.71

1.34

0.73

Xenon

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.329

0.76

1.61

0.78

Sulphur Hexafluoride

–0.60

–0.20

0.00

0.00

0.464

0.83

2.36

0.90

Benzene

0.61

0.52

0.00

0.14

0.716

0.73

2.38

0.91

Toluene

0.60

0.52

0.00

0.14

0.857

0.81

2.90

1.00

Ethylbenzene

0.61

0.51

0.00

0.15

0.998

0.91

3.44

1.09

Cyclohexane

0.31

0.10

0.00

0.00

0.845

1.09

4.07

1.19

Methylcyclohexane

0.24

0.06

0.00

0.00

0.986

1.19

4.75

1.31

Styrene

0.85

0.65

0.00

0.16

0.955

0.84

5.15

1.38