期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 807, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151018
关键词
PFAS; Defluorination ability; QSAR; Machine learning; Quantum chemistry calculation
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22136006, 21806058, 21607060, 21777061]
UV-generated hydrated electrons play a critical role in the defluorination reaction of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Machine learning algorithms were used to develop predictive models of the relative defluorination ability of PEAS, with gradient boosting algorithms showing superior predictive performance. Electrostatic properties and topological structure significantly affected the defluorination ability of PFAS, with most emerging PEAS being recalcitrant to reductive defluorination.
UV-generated hydrated electrons play a critical role in the defluorination reaction of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). However, limited experimental data hinder insight into the effects of the structural characteristics of emerging PEAS on their defluorination abilities. Therefore, in this study, we adopted quantity structure-activity relationship models based on machine learning algorithms to develop the predictive models of the relative defluorination ability of PEAS. Five-fold cross-validations were used to perform the hyperparameter tuning of the models, which suggested that the gradient boosting algorithms with PaDEL descriptors as the best model possessed superior predictive performance (R-test(2) = 0.944 and RMSEtest = 0.114). The importance of the descriptor indicated that the electrostatic properties and topological structure of the compounds significantly affected the defluorination ability of the PFAS. For the emerging PEAS the best model showed that most compounds, such as potential alternatives of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, were recalcitrant to reductive defluorination, whereas perfluoroalkyl ether carboxylic acids had relatively stronger defluorination abilities than perfluorooctanoic acid. The theoretical calculations implied that additional electrons on PFAS could cause molecular deconstruction, such as changes in the dihedral angle involved in the carbon chain, as well as C-F bond and ether C-O bond cleavages. In general, the current computational models could be useful for screening emerging PFAS to assess their defluorination ability for the molecular design of fluorochemical structures. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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