ElogPoct: a tool for lipophilicity determination in drug discovery

J Med Chem. 2000 Jul 27;43(15):2922-8. doi: 10.1021/jm0000822.

Abstract

We present an RP-HPLC method, for the determination of logPoct values for neutral drugs, which combines ease of operation with high accuracy and which has been shown to work for a set of 36 molecules comprised largely of drugs. The general features of the method are as follows: (i) compound sparing (< or = 1 mL of a 30-50 microg/mL solution needed), (ii) rapid determinations (20 min on average), (iii) low sensitivity to impurities, (iv) wide lipophilicity range (6 logPoct units), (v) good accuracy, (vi) excellent reproducibility. A linear free energy relationship (LFER) analysis, based on solvation parameters, shows that the method encodes the same information obtained from a shake-flask logPoct determination. To the best of our knowledge a similar performance, on a set of noncongeneric drugs, has not been previously reported. We refer to the value generated via this method as ElogPoct.

MeSH terms

  • 1-Octanol
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / chemistry*
  • Solubility
  • Solvents

Substances

  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Solvents
  • 1-Octanol