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Reply to “Comment on ‘Group Contribution-Based Method for Determination of Solubility Parameter of Nonelectrolyte Organic Compounds’ and ‘Solubility Parameters of Nonelectrolyte Organic Compounds: Determination Using Quantitative Structure−Property Relationship Strategy’” Farhad Gharagheizi,†,‡ Ali Eslamimanesh,§ Amir H. Mohammadi,*,‡,∇ and Dominique Richon‡ †
Department of Chemical Engineering, Buinzahra Branch, Islamic Azad University, Buinzahra, Iran Thermodynamics Research Unit, School of Chemical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, King George V Avenue, Durban 4041, South Africa § Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York 13699-5705, United States ∇ MINES ParisTech, CEP/TEP−Centre Energétique et Procédés, 35 Rue Saint Honoré, 77305 Fontainebleau, France ‡
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e appreciate Dr. Rayne for referring to our articles1,2 and the valuable comments3 provided. Accordingly, we would like to emphasize the following points: (1) We agree that there are some inorganic, electrolyte, and/ or organometallic compounds in the applied dataset (DIPPR 801). (2) We have not eliminated the aforementioned compounds (which generally contain the mostly used inorganic compounds in industry) from the main datasets to check the capability of the model for representation/prediction of their solubility parameters, along with the other nonelectrolyte organic compounds. (3) We generally recommend the use of the developed model to calculate/estimate the solubility parameter of nonelectrolyte organic compounds (as mentioned in the titles of our articles, “Group Contribution-Based Method for Determination of Solubility Parameter of Nonelectrolyte Organic Compounds”1 and “Solubility Parameters of Nonelectrolyte Organic Compounds: Determination Using Quantitative Structure−Property Relationship Strategy”2). However, the results show that the presented model might be used to provide a rough estimation of the solubility parameter value of inorganic, electrolyte, and/or organometallic compounds.
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Compounds: Determination Using Quantitative Structure−Property Relationship Strategy. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2011, 50, 11382−11395. (3) Rayne, S. Comment on “Group Contribution-Based Method for Determination of Solubility Parameter of Nonelectrolyte Organic Compounds” and “Solubility Parameters of Nonelectrolyte Organic Compounds: Determination Using Quantitative Structure−Property Relationship Strategy”. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013, DOI: 10.1021/ ie400117h.
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NOTE ADDED AFTER ASAP PUBLICATION After this paper was published ASAP on February 19, 2013, an error in the title was corrected. The revised version was reposted February 27, 2013.
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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REFERENCES
(1) Gharagheizi, F.; Eslamimanesh, A.; Mohammadi, A. H.; Richon, D. Group Contribution-Based Method for Determination of Solubility Parameter of Nonelectrolyte Organic Compounds. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2011, 50, 10344−10349. (2) Gharagheizi, F.; Eslamimanesh, A.; Farjood, F.; Mohammadi, A. H.; Richon, D. Solubility Parameters of Nonelectrolyte Organic © 2013 American Chemical Society
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dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie400202t | Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013, 52, 3949−3949
