The potential biological activity of a molecule largely depends on its lipophilicity. The lipophilicity of derivatives of N-substituted-2-phenylacetamide was investigated experimentally, by applying thin-layer chromatography on reversed phase (RP-TLC on RP 18 F254s) in the presence of ethanol and dioxane and by using relevant software packages. In order to establish dependence between lipophilicity obtained in different ways, linear regression analysis and multivariate methods were used. Approximately similar groupings of lipophilic parameters and tested compounds were registered in case of both chemometric methods. The obtained results confirm the fact that the applied linear regression analysis and multivariate analysis provide opportunities for comparing chromatographic retention data and lipophilic parameters of the investigated phenylacetamide derivatives. Results suggest that the lipophilicity of investigated molecules largely depends on the nature of the substituents linked to nitrogen atom and on the other hand that the chromatographic retention constants, R M0, determined by RP-TLC method, are similar to the standard measure of lipophilicity, log P, which makes this method appropriate for predicting lipophilicity.
N-substituted-2-phenylacetamides; lipophilicity; RP-TLC; chemometrics
