Enthalpy characteristics of dilute solutions of acetonitrile

The enthalpies of mixing of acetonitrile with formamide,N-methylformamide,N,N-dimethylformamide, and hexamethylphosphoric triamide were measured in the temperature interval from 283.15 to 328.15 K. The enthalpy coefficients of binary and ternary interactions were calculated by the methods of the McMillan-Mayer theory. The contributions to the enthalpy of solution due to the formation of a cavity in the solvent, Δ_cav H°, and those due to the interaction of the solute with the solvent, Δ_int H°, were determined. The enthalpies of the specific and non-specific solvation of acetonitrile in the corresponding amides were calculated. Specific interactions were found to contribute the most to the solvation enthalpy of acetonitrile. The obtained values were compared with analogous values for solutions of acetonitrile in water and alcohols. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 289–293, February, 1997.