“…Gas–liquid chromatography (GLC) is a valuable analytical technique of proven power for physicochemical measurements and generating thermodynamic data of analytes, with the advantage of its simplicity as compared with direct techniques such as the calorimetric and equilibrium methods. , Basic physicochemical quantities, namely the vapor pressure, − heat of vaporization, − equilibrium distribution constant K , − enthalpy of solvation, and entropy of solvation, , and even the octanol–air partition coefficient − can be determined from the retention data, such as specific or net retention volumes, , Kovats retention indices ( I ), , or retention factors ( k ) − and their temperature dependence. In this study, we use the isothermal retention factor k as the most relevant and reproducible chromatographic measure of the retention.…”