I have used AlogP here as x but you can see that this model has essentially even steps as you go from F0 to F6. The measured values on y do not. If you were to assume that F0 -> F6 is equal to six times F0 -> F1 you would assume that F6 has a logP of 3.0 rather than 2.6.
What about electronic differences? The sigma meta and sigma para values for C6FnH5-n groups are:
F0: sigma meta: 0.06 sigma para: -0.01
F1 (para): sigma meta: 0.12 sigma para: 0.06
F1 (meta): sigma meta: 0.15 sigma para: 0.10
F5: sigma meta: 0.26 sigma para: 0.27
Again if the effects were additive, these latter two would be expected to be +0.51 and +0.54. The fact that they aren't is curious.
So much for some of the problems with the x axis, I'm also curious by the y problem which is that you're plotting against a property with an innate assumption that it is similar binding modes in similar proteins that cause the effect - its a complex end-point in this case. My hunch is that pentafluoro phenyl gets involved in qualitatively different kinds of interactions with other aromatic groups and cations. Thus, such compounds belong to a different class to their less halogenated cousins and might be expected not to fall on the same line even given the problems in computing the descriptor values correctly.
