Theoretical determination of the 1H NMR spectrum of ethanol

GIAO calculations of the ¹H NMR chemical shifts for ethanol at the SCF and DFT levels of theory are presented. The importance of molecular geometry and basis set is discussed. Vibrational correction to the hydroxyl proton chemical shift is also considered in calculations for the monomer of ethanol. The final theoretical results for the monomer obtained at the optimized DFT/B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) geometry with the 6-311G++ (d,p) basis set for NMR are in very good agreement with gas phase experimental data. For the liquid phase ethanol the hydrogen bonding effects are taken into account by performing calculations on various clusters of ethanol. It is shown that inaccuracy due to molecular geometry and basis set in the monomer of ethanol is magnified significantly in calculations for its clusters. In this context the structure of liquid ethanol as predicted recently by quantum cluster equilibrium (QCE) theory is discussed.     

醇类抑制剂对甲烷水合物形成的影响

在本工作中,甲烷水合物的生长动力学是通过甲醇、乙醇、乙二醇三种不同醇类抑制剂存在下的分子动力学模拟研究的.模拟结果发现,三种醇类都可作为甲烷水合物的抑制剂,醇类分子中的亲水性羟基极大地破坏了水合物笼的结构,并且羟基可以与局部的液态水分子形成氢键,从而增加了形成水合物笼型结构的难度,导致甲烷水合物的生长速率降低.对于甲醇分子,甲醇分子的亲水性羟基与水分子形成氢键从而破坏了水分子结构,而亲油性甲基对周围的水分子具有簇效应,两者都会降低水合物生长速率;对于乙二醇和乙醇分子,它们只含有羟基,特别是乙二醇分子含有两个羟基,其对H₂O分子有很强的吸附作用,导致水合物生长速率降低.在抑制效果方面,甲醇分子最优,乙二醇稍微优于乙醇.     

Thermodynamic properties of the mixtures of some ionic liquids with alcohols using a simple equation of state

In the present work, we have used a simple equation of state called the GMA EoS to calculate the density of three ionic liquid mixtures including 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolum hexafluorophosphate, [BMIM] [PF₆] + methanol, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolum tetrafluoroborate, [BMIM] [BF₄] + methanol, and [BMIM] [BF₄] + ethanol at different temperatures, pressures, and compositions. The isothermal compressibility, excess molar volumes, and excess Gibbs molar energy of these mixtures have been computed using this equation of state. The values of statistical parameters show that the GMA EoS can predict these thermodynamic properties very well within the experimental errors. The results show that isothermal compressibility of ionic liquids is lower than alcohols and the effect of temperature and pressure on the isothermal compressibility of ionic liquids is lower than alcohols. The excess molar volumes and excess molar Gibbs energy for these ionic liquid mixtures with alcohols are all negative at various temperatures and pressures over the whole composition range. The results have been interpreted in terms of intermolecular interactions and structural factors of the ionic liquids and alcohols.     

醋酸N-正辛基吡啶离子液体在不同溶剂中的荧光光谱分析

离子液体具有熔点低、可忽略的蒸气压、电化学窗口宽、热稳定性高和良好的导电性等独特性能,引起了化学工业和相关领域的广泛关注。离子液体具有低蒸气压,不会造成空气污染,但这并不意味着它们对环境完全无害。大多数离子液体易溶于水,可能会因为意外泄漏或通过污水进入水生环境。常用离子液体[BMIM][PF₆]和[BMIM][BF₄]的水溶液中,很容易形成氢氟酸,磷酸,具有一定的腐蚀性。将离子液体列为绿色溶剂,也需要提供其关于代谢和降解的毒性、生态毒性研究数据,或者其对环境影响的数据,离子液体在不同溶剂中的检测方法是非常重要的。离子液体的光谱分析法用量较少、方法简单、结果准确。离子液体和许多有机溶剂互溶,可形成均一、稳定的溶液。荧光检测法具有灵敏度高,选择性好,线性范围宽和受外界干扰少等优点。本工作研究了醋酸N-正辛基吡啶（OP-OAc）离子液体在水、乙醇、乙腈、乙酸等4种溶剂中的荧光光谱。研究结果表明,OP-OAc离子液体在不同溶剂中的荧光强度：I_乙酸＞I_乙腈＞I_乙醇＞I_水;最大发射波长的大小顺序：λ_{em, 水}＞λ_{em, 乙醇}＞λ_{em, 乙腈}＞λ_{em, 乙酸};它们的最大发射波长相对于激发波长发生红移;水中OP-OAc的荧光强度与浓度存在较高的相关性;当加入的甲醇、乙醇、乙腈溶剂不断增加时,OP-OAc离子液体的荧光强度增加,溶剂与水的比例为8∶2时,OP-OAc离子液体的荧光强度最强,溶剂的比例超过80%时,荧光强度突然降低;水中OP-OAc离子液体在pH 10时,荧光强度最高,在pH 14时,荧光强度最低。     

The C-O Stretching Infrared Band as a Probe of Hydrogen Bonding in Ethanol–Water and Methanol–Water Mixtures

Infrared spectra of the ethanol–water and methanol–water mixtures in the mole fraction range of 0.1 to 0.9 were recorded in the attenuated reflection (ATR) mode. Traditionally, the hydrogen bonding of water with other molecules has been studied by investigation of the OH stretching band frequencies and intensities of water. However, in the case of alcohol–water mixtures, this procedure presents a problem due to the complete overlap of the hydroxyl absorptions from the alcohol and water. In the present study, we have adopted an alternative approach of understanding the ethanol–water and methanol–water hydrogen bonds through the analysis of the C-O stretching band. The intrinsic high intensity of the C-O band and nearly complete absence of its overlap with the water bands make it a good candidate for the study of hydrogen bonding interactions in alcohol–water mixtures. The integrated areas of the C-O stretching band versus mole fractions were plotted for both mixtures. In the case of methanol–water mixtures, the C-O stretching band area plot was linear, whereas such plot for the ethanol–water mixtures had two distinct slopes that switched at the 0.5 mole fraction. The C-O band plot areas were used to explain the molecular associations in the mixtures studied.     

Analysis of concentration characteristics in ultrasonic atomization by droplet diameter distribution

The droplet diameter distribution and concentration characteristics in ultrasonic atomization were experimentally studied. The samples were aqueous solutions of methanol, ethanol and 1-propanol. The diameter distribution of atomized droplets showed the normal distribution, and the median diameter and standard deviation were expressed by means of the ultrasonic condition and the liquid properties. The concentration characteristic in ultrasonic atomization was analyzed by using the model of shell and core to the atomized droplet, where the former and latter consist of solute and solution, respectively. The value, which was surface solute amount in droplet multiplied by the molecular volume, increased with increasing solute molar fraction in bulk liquid and was independent of alcohol kinds. The rate of accompanying liquid and the solute molar fraction in accompanied liquid were estimated from the diameter distribution and the surface solute amount in droplet.     

Optical and acoustic study of nucleation and growth of bubbles at a liquid-solid interface induced by nanosecond-pulsed-laser heating

The dynamics of liquid-vapor phase-change in the nanosecond time-scale induced by pulsed-laser heating of a liquid on a solid sample is studied by means of optical reflectance and scattering measurements, and the piezoelectric detection technique. The liquids studied include water, ethanol, methanol, IsoproPropyl Alcohol (IPA), and mixtures of water and IPA. The threshold fluence for nucleation is determined with high accuracy using the optical and acoustic signals. Heat diffusion calculations performed for the threshold fluences indicate that the liquids are sufficiently superheated before nucleation sets on. The transient optical reflectance signal is analyzed by an effective-medium theory to provide bubble-growth kinetics, so that the bubble-growth velocity for the test liquids could be estimated. In addition, it is observed that, following the thermally induced nucleation, repetitive acoustic cavitation at the surface of the solid sample occurs, with a time interval related to the speed of sound in the liquid.     

Visualization of hydrogen bonding and associated chirality in methanol hexamers

Using a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory the hydrogen bond directionality and associated chirality of enantiopure clusters is visualized and controlled. This is demonstrated with methanol hexamers adsorbed on Au(111), which depending on their chirality, adopt two distinct molecular footprints on the surface. Controlled STM tip manipulations were used to interconvert the chirality of entire clusters and to break up metastable chain structures into hexamers.     

用激光拉曼光谱研究液态乙醇的水合作用过程

为研究室温下乙醇-水二元混合物内部的分子间缔合情形,测得了不同体积配比溶液的拉曼光谱,发现位于2 800~3 050 cm-1波数区间的C—H伸缩振动频率随乙醇中加入水量的增加整体呈现蓝移趋势,而位于1 048 cm-1附近的CO伸缩振动频率的变化规律却与此相反。分析认为,这种现象主要由溶液内部分子间发生的不同水合作用所致,并据此阐明了液态乙醇的水合作用过程:水分子首先与纯乙醇中的自缔合短链发生氢键缔合作用,形成了含有较多乙醇分子数的乙醇水合团簇,直到溶液中水的体积含量达到50%时,乙醇的水合作用达到暂时饱和;而当水的体积含量继续增加到70%以后,水分子致使原有乙醇水合团簇解离形成较小尺寸的团簇,并与解离点位上的乙醇分子羟基发生进一步水合作用;而后,当水体积含量增至一定程度后,还会导致乙醇分子疏水基CH基团与水分子间形成弱氢键C—H…O。     

Atomic partial charges in condensed phase from an exact sum rule for infrared absorption

A general sum rule for infrared intensities provides a definition of effective partial charges which can be experimentally obtained using isotopic substitutions and is valid in both gas and condensed phases. Of particular interest is the case of molecular liquids. We have, therefore, determined the hydrogen partial charges in liquid methanol and liquid water from the available literature. The resulting charges are 0.63 e and 0.14 e for hydrogen atoms bounded to the methanol oxygen and carbon atoms, respectively, and 0.55 e for hydrogen atoms in liquid water. The effective partial charges in liquid water were also computed from density functional based ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and found in good agreement with experiment.     

Enhancement of ultrasonically initiated emulsion polymerization rate using aliphatic alcohols as hydroxyl radical scavengers

Ultrasonically initiated emulsion polymerization of styrene was carried out in the presence of aliphatic alcohols, e.g. methanol, ethanol, n-pronanol and n-butanol, as volatile hydroxyl radical scavengers. With the addition of methanol, the polymerization rate of styrene increased, while the molecular weight and the average particle size of the produced polystyrene decreased because more radicals were produced in the presence of methanol. This is true also for the other polymerization system using other aliphatic alcohols, such as ethanol, n-pronanol and n-butanol, suggesting that the alcohols enter into cavitation bubbles and further react with hydroxyl radicals (*OH) from the sonolysis of water to produce hydroxyalkyl radicals, so as to reduce the recombination of *H and *OH radicals, therefore more radicals will be present in the systems for initiating polymerization. Obviously, it is an effective way to enhance ultrasonically initiated emulsion polymerization rate of styrene by adding volatile hydroxyl radical scavenger.     

Separation characteristics of alcohol from aqueous solution by ultrasonic atomization

The generation rate of ultrasonically atomized droplets and the alcohol concentration in droplets were estimated by measuring the flow rate and the alcohol concentration of vapors from a bulk solution with a fountain. The effect of the alcohol concentration in the bulk solution on the generation rate of droplets and the alcohol concentration in droplets were investigated. The ultrasonic frequency was 2.4 MHz, and ethanol and methanol aqueous solutions were used as samples. The generation rate of droplets for ethanol was smaller than that for methanol at the same alcohol molar fraction in the bulk solution. For both solutions, at low alcohol concentration in the bulk solution, the alcohol concentration in droplets was lower than that in vapors and the atomized droplets were visible. On the other side, at high concentration, the concentration in droplets exceeded that in vapors and the atomized droplets became invisible. These results could be explained that the alcohol-rich clusters in the bulk solution were preferentially atomized by ultrasonic irradiation. The concentration in droplets for ethanol was higher than that for methanol at low alcohol concentration because the amount of alcohol-rich clusters was larger. When the alcohol molar fraction was greater than 0.6, the atomized droplets almost consisted of pure alcohol.     

CO_2膨胀液体的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学方法,模拟了CO2膨胀甲醇体系、CO2膨胀乙醇体系的热力学性质和输运性质,以及对氯硝基苯在CO2膨胀甲醇体系、苯甲腈在CO2膨胀乙醇体系中的扩散性质。CO2膨胀甲醇体系的密度模拟值略高于实验值,而CO2膨胀乙醇体系的密度模拟值与实验值非常接近。模拟结果表明:CO2使甲醇和乙醇溶液的膨胀非常明显,当CO2的摩尔分数达到0.5时,溶液膨胀约100%;得到了CO2、甲醇、乙醇、对氯硝基苯以及苯甲腈的扩散系数,其中对氯硝基苯和苯甲腈在两种膨胀液体中的扩散系数与实验结果接近;通过扩散系数关联了两种膨胀液体的粘度,计算结果与修正的Wilke-Chang方程得到的体系粘度规律一致。     

Cluster Structure of Liquid Alcohols,Water, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Hexane

The processes of cluster formation in liquid alcohols, water, methanol, n-hexanol, and n-hexane have been investigated by the method of flicker-noise spectroscopy. Two types of clusters — clusters with a close-packed structure and clusters with a loose structure — have been detected. The energy of formation of different clusters in methanol and n-hexane ranges, respectively, from −250 to +250 J/mole and from −50 to +50 J/mole. The smallest clusters of methanol, n-hexanol, water, and n-hexane consist, respectively, of six, two, eleven, and two molecules, and their largest clusters represent oscillators consisting, respectively, of 50,400, 17,200, 93,500, and 33,150 molecules at 274 K. In methanol at 271 K, more than 44 types of clusters consisting of 6, 97, 152, 219, 297, 492, 1029, 1368, 1560, etc. molecules were detected. In n-hexanol at 273 K, 57 types of clusters were detected. Models of small clusters are proposed. In water, the content of close-packed clusters is maximum at 277 K. The energy of formation/decomposition of small clusters in water ranges from −0.4 to +0.4 kJ/mole and increases with increase in the water temperature. The hysteresis of transformation of the (H₂O)₂₈₀ cluster in the process of heating and cooling of water in the temperature range 273–280 K was detected. Series of energy spectra of clusters in liquids at different temperatures are presented and discussed. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 305–312, May–June, 2005.     

Influence of the geometric factor on the volume properties of triple mixtures

For model mixtures it is established that the concentration behavior of the molar volume that obeys the additive rule with respect to mole fraction is explained by the difference in geometric structures of pure liquids constituting mixture. It is revealed that the geometric factor (the difference in volumes of molecules and packing densities of the initial liquids constituting mixture) brings significant contribution to the excess molar volume of water mixtures of nonelectrolytes. Within the framework of the suggested approach, a maximum contribution of this factor to the relative excess volume of triple mixtures is estimated.     

Strong pressure-energy correlations in van der Waals liquids

Strong correlations between equilibrium fluctuations of the configurational parts of pressure and energy are found in computer simulations of the Lennard-Jones liquid and other simple liquids, but not for hydrogen-bonding liquids such as methanol and water. The correlations that are present also in the crystal and glass phases reflect an effective inverse power-law repulsive potential dominating fluctuations, even at zero and slightly negative pressure. In experimental data for supercritical argon, the correlations are found to be approximately 96%. Consequences for viscous liquid dynamics are discussed.     

Densities, excess molar volumes and partial molar volumes of the binary mixtures of acetic acid + alkanol (C1–C4) at 298.15 K

Densities (ρ) of the binary mixtures of acetic acid with methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol, butan-1-ol and butan-2-ol have been measured at temperature 298.15 K and ambient pressure (815 hPa) as a function of composition using an Anton Paar model DMA 4500 oscillating densimeter. The excess molar volume (V_m^E), partial molar volume (V¯_i) and excess partial molar volumes (V¯_i^E) of the binary mixtures were calculated from the density data. The excess molar volumes were correlated with the Redlich−Kister equation. The excess molar volumes are negative for methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and butan-1-ol. They are positive for butan-2-ol and an inversion of sign in V_m^E is observed for butan-2-ol around 0.9 mol fraction of acetic acid.

The results obtained in this work were interpreted in terms of intermolecular interaction between like and unlike molecules, difference in size and shape of unlike molecules and the steric hindrance caused by increased methylation.     

Determination of refractive indices of liquids by Fresnel diffraction

We demonstrate an easy, reliable, applicable, and sensitive method to measure refractive index of liquids by using Fresnel diffraction. In this method a cylindrical glass rod, in general, or an optical fiber in special case, is immersed into a liquid. Physical parameters of the rod, like radius and refractive index, should be well known. Then, the normalized intensity distribution on the Fresnel diffraction pattern of a plane wave diffracted from the immersed fiber is measured. Thereafter, refractive index of the liquid is evolved by the least-square method. This method applied to determine the refractive index of four liquids; pure water, 2-propanol (isopropanol), acetone and methanol. Index of refraction of each one has been acquired for four visible wavelengths. A theoretical approach and experimental results is presented.     

Density fluctuations and specific heat near the critical point

The density dependence of the proton magnetic shielding constants in liquid methanol and ethanol has been accurately measured at a temperature of 29.2°C and at external pressures between 1 and 2500 bar. For comparison, a measurement in the vapor coexisting with the liquid at 29.2°C has also been made. For the carbonyl protons the results appear to be in qualitative agreement with previous measurements of the density dependence of the shielding constants in methane and ethylene. The results are discussed theoretically on basis of the Buckingham electric field model.     

Influence of H-bond chains in solvents on the solubility of inert substances. A new quantitative approach.

The classic thermodynamic treatments considering self-associated liquids A as multicomponent systems are unable to explain the solubilities of substances B in these liquids by effects directly related to the presence of H-bond chains. This is not the case when the hypothesis of successive equilibria between the i-mers is abandoned and replaced by a single equilibrium between bonded and free hydroxylic protons. In the new treatment presented here two combinatorial entropies are considered : that resulting from the exchange possibilities between bonded and non-bonded protons and that originating from the exchange between A and B molecules. For large values of φ_A, the volume fraction of the associated liquid, it is shown that the latter combinatorial entropy is practically equal to that calculated in absence of self-association. The fraction γ of the free hydroxylic protons depends on the molar enthalpy of the hydrogen bond ΔH_h and on the entropy of chain-reintegration ΔS_h. The latter depends on the formal concentration F_A of the associated substance and a quantitative treatment shows that dΔS_h/dlnF_A = R (gas constant). This conclusion is experimentally confirmed by the variation of the vapor pressure with F_A in the series of the primary alcohols. The introduction of an inert substance B causes F_A to decrease and enhances the lowering of the entropy of the bonded molecules with respect to the non-bonded molecules. This creates a hydrophobic effect that is at the origin of the lowering of the solubility φ_B of B in A. As a consequence, lnφ_B at the equilibrium is diminished by an amount equal to b_Aφ_A$\text{V}$_B/$\text{V}$_A, where $\text{V}$_B and $\text{V}$_A are the formal molar volumes of both substances. b_A is a so called “structuration factor” of the solvent A that nearly equals ?1 for strongly associated solvents with single H-bond chains, like alcohols, and ?2 for solvents with double chains like water. Taking for the combinatorial entropy between A and B an expression intermediate between the classic one in mole fractions and that of Flory-Huggins in volume fractions, one derives equations that predict the solubility of alkanes in water and in alcohols. Although these equations do not contain any adjustable parameter and that the experimental solubilities φ_B cover several orders or magnitude, the agreement between prediction and experiment is remarkable.