Peculiarities of asphaltene precipitation in <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-alkane-oil systems

n-Pentane-, n-hexane-, and n-heptane-insoluble asphaltenes obtained via a standard procedure by precipitating from oil solutions in n-pentane, n-hexane, and n-heptane, respectively, as well as n-pentane/n-hexane/n-heptane-insoluble and n-heptane/n-hexane/n-pentane-insoluble asphaltene constituents prepared through successive washing (fractional dissolution) of n-pentane-insoluble asphaltenes with n-hexane and n-heptane and n-heptane-insoluble asphaltenes with n-hexane and n-pentane, respectively, are studied. Asphaltenes and their constituents extracted from three oils distinguished by high contents of asphaltenes, resins, and paraffins, respectively, are investigated by ¹H NMR spectroscopy in carbon tetrachloride solutions. It is established that the mass fractions and the fragment compositions of asphaltenes and their constituents depend on both the type of oil and the procedure of their preparation; i.e., the precipitation from n-alkane-oil systems or the extraction through the successive washing with a series of n-alkanes. The obtained experimental data made it possible to formulate a hypothesis according to which the precipitation of asphaltenes from oils is controlled by not only the dissolving power of a solvent with respect to molecular components of initial oils, but also (and primarily) by the dissolving power of a solvent with respect to supramolecular structures of asphaltenes formed in n-alkane-oil systems.     

Proton transfer in the 1,1-dinitroethane/n-dibutylamine complex

The ¹H NMR spectra of 1,1-dinitroethane/n-dibutylamine solutions in CCl₄ have been investigated. It is shown that two types of complexes, the CH … N hydrogen bond complex and the ion pair are present in the solution simultaneously, with slow exchange through proton transfer between them. The exchange rates, activation energy and enthalpy of proton transfer are determined. It can be concluded that the act of proton transfer from carbon to nitrogen and back is kinetically determined.     

Surface tension of polymer solutions. IV. Three-component mixtures

The lattice-theory equations for the surface tensions of polymer solutions based on the parallel-layer model have been tested for three-component systems. Surface tensions of solutions of some low molecular weight polyisobutylenes and polydimethylsiloxanes in n-heptane–tetralin mixtures and solutions of mixtures of the polymers in these solvents were measured at room temperature. The results are in good agreement with the theoretical calculations.     

Thermodynamics of Adsorption ofn-Alkanes on Maleated Wood Fibers by Inverse Gas Chromatography

The adsorption ofn-heptane,n-octane,n-nonane, andn-decane on untreated wood fiber and wood fiber treated with maleated polypropylene was studied by inverse gas chromatography (IGC) at infinite dilution or zero surface coverage. The specific retention volume increased with increasing probe chain length, decreased with increasing column temperature, and increased with increasing maleated polypropylene concentration. The enthalpy of adsorption increased with increasing chain length of the probe vapors. The enthalpy of adsorption remained constant after the treatment of wood fiber. The London dispersive component of the surface free energy decreased with the column temperature and showed no dependency with either the type of wood fiber or the maleated polypropylene concentration.     

General characterization of noncommercial microbial lipases in hydrolytic and synthetic reactions

Fourteen noncommercial preparations of microbial lipases were investigated with respect to their catalytic activity for hydrolysis and synthesis of ester bonds. Six of the lipases were derived from microorganisms that have not previously been described as lipase producers, and another four were characterized for the first time. The synthetic reactions were carried out in two solvents of different polarities (n-heptane and acetone) using a series of fatty acids and primary and secondary alcohols with different chain lengths. Under the culture conditions employed, Pseudomonas cepacia produced more active enzyme than the other microorganisms. The lipase preparations produced using Ovadendron sulphureo-ochraceum, Monascus mucoroides, Monascus sp., Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium chrysogenum, Rhodotorula araucariae, Pseudomonas cepacia, Streptomyces halstedii, and Streptomyces sp. were the most efficient catalysts for hydrolysis at lipid-water interfaces. Enzyme preparations from P. cepacia, Streptomyces sp., S. halstedii, and R. araucariae were good biocatalysts for esterification in the polar medium (acetone). When the lipase preparations with the greatest activity for hydrolytic, reactions were excluded, regression analysis of the data for the hydrolytic and synthetic activities of the remaining lipase preparations yielded high multiple correllation coefficients for these reactions in both n-heptane and acetone (R=0.82 and 0.91, respectively).     

Solvent effect on pyridine derivatives. Molecular iodine donor-acceptor equilibria. The isoquinoline-I2-organic solvent system and the 2,4-lutidine-I2-organic solvent system

The absorption spectra of isoquinoline-iodine or 2,4-lutidine-iodine solutions in organic solventsn-hexane,n-heptane, cyclohexane, carbon tetrachloride, benzene, toluene, chlorobenzene, ando-dichlorobenzene have been measured and interpreted in terms of the D+I₂=DI₂ equilibrium, where D is isoquinoline or 2,4-lutidine. Values ofK (288–320°K), ΔH^o, and ΔS^o for the reaction were calculated. A correlation between theK values and the solubility parameter of the solvent (Buchowski's relation) has been found.     

Surface tension of polymer solutions. II. Poly-isobutylenes in n-heptane and tetralin

The surface tensions of solutions of polyisobutylene fluids in n-heptane and tetralin have been measured at room temperature. The polyisobutylene samples studied range in molecular weight from 400 to 2800. The results conform closely to the predictions of equations previously developed from a simplified lattice theory calculation.     

Complex formation between chlorine dioxide and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl

The complex formation of ClO₂ with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl (TMPO) in acetone, acetonitrile,n-heptane, diethyl ether, carbon tetrachloride, and toluene was studied spectrophotometrically at −20 to +20 °C. The thermodynamic parameters of complex formation were determined at 20 °C. The transformation of the complex into the oxoammonium salt TMPO⁺ClO ₂ ⁻ was found. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1703–1706, October, 2000.     

Excess enthalpies of the ternary mixtures: tetrahydrofuran + (diisopropyl ether or 2-methyltetrahydrofuran) + n-heptane at 298.15 K

Excess molar enthalpies, measured at 298.15 K in a flow microcalorimeter, are reported for the ternary mixtures (tetrahydrofuran + diisopropyl ether + n-heptane) and (tetrahydrofuran + 2-methyltetrahydrofuran + n-heptane). Smooth representations of the results are described and used to construct constant excess molar enthalpy contours on Roozeboom diagrams. The latter are compared with diagrams obtained when the model of Liebermann and Fried is used to estimate the excess enthalpies of the ternary mixtures from the physical properties of the components and their binary mixtures.     

Solution Properties of Poly(ethylene Oxide) as Determined by Viscometric Measurements in Aqueous Salt Solutions

The properties of dilute solutions of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) in aqueous salt solutions are studied by measurements of intrinsic viscosity [n] in theta and nontheta solvents. The unperturbed dimensions in various salt solutions were found larger than those in pure water. These results are attributed to a change in the polymer hydration sheath, in the uche-transilibrium in the PEO chain in aqueous solutions, and in the water structure because of the added salt. Also, for carboxylic anions, similar behavior is expected due to the interaction of the ether oxygens of PEO with the weak acids through hydrogen bonding. The enthalpy and entropy dilution parameters XHand XS were observed to take on negative and positive values, respectively.     

Impact of Chemical and Physical Properties of Organic Solvents on the Gas and Hydrogen Formation during Laser Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles

Laser ablation in liquids has been established as a scalable preparation method of nanoparticles for various applications. Particularly for materials prone to oxidation, it is established to suppress oxidation by using organic solvents as a liquid medium. While this often functionalizes the nanoparticles with a carbon shell, the related chemical processes that result from laser-induced decomposition reactions of the organic solvents remain uncertain. Using a systematic series of C₆ solvents complemented by n-pentane and n-heptane during the nanosecond laser ablation of gold, the present study focuses on the solvent-dependent influence on gas formation rates, nanoparticle productivity, and gas composition. Both the permanent gas and hydrogen formation was found to be linearly correlated with ablation rate, ΔH_vap, and pyrolysis activation energy. Based on this, a decomposition pathway linked to pyrolysis is proposed allowing the deduction of first selection rules for solvents that influence the formation of carbon or permanent gases.     

The mass spectrometric fragmentation of n-heptane

The electron impact fragmentation of n-heptane has been investigated using ¹³C labelled derivatives. A mechanism is proposed for the loss of alkyl radicals where the cleavage of a C? C bond is coupled with the rearrangement of a hydrogen atom, thus yielding a secondary alkyl ion that eventually fragments further by a subsequent loss of olefin. For alkyl ions with less than six carbon atoms this consecutive pathway is in competition with formation directly from the molecular ion. The consecutive pathway contributes about 15% to the intensity of the alkyl ions with four and five carbon atoms and 80% for smaller ions. The electron energy dependence was studied.     

Influence of intramolecular interaction on the enthalpy and entropy of methylene unit sorption for the homologous series of carbonyl-containing compounds analyzed by capillary GC

The enthalpy and entropy of sorption of methylene units in the homologous series of n-alkyl acetates; methyl, n-butyl, and phenyl n-alkyl ketones; and the methyl esters and chloroanhydrides of n-aliphatic carboxylic acids have been determined on an SE-54 capillary column. The enthalpy of sorption of the first methylene unit is anomalously high when the growing n-alkyl chain is connected directly to a carbonyl group. This effect is a result of intramolecular interaction between neighboring methyl and carbonyl groups. It has been shown by measurement of the enthalpy and entropy of sorption of the difluoromethylene unit in the series of n-hexyl esters of perfluorinated carboxylic acids that for these compounds the effect is absent. The intramolecular interaction was found to increase in the order methyl butyl ketone < methyl phenyl ketone < methyl acetate < acetyl chloride < acetone.     

Analysis of Excess Molar Volumes of the Ternary Systems Containing a Propyl Alkanoate and Two Alkanes with Some Predictive Methods

Abstract

Excess molar volumes at 298.15 K of the ternary mixtures (propyl ethanoate + n-heptane + n-decane), (propyl propanoate + n-heptane + n-decane) and (propyl butanoate + n-heptane + n-decane) were determined using a DMA 60/602 Anton Paar densimeter. All the experimental values were compared with the results obtained with empirical expressions for estimating ternary properties from binary data and with the Nitta-Chao group-contribution model. For these ternary mixtures the same behaviour that had been observed in ester + n-alkane binary systems was found: excess volumes decrease when the ester length increases.     

Extraction of cobalt by the AOT microemulsion system

The extraction of cobalt by Winsor II microemulsion system was studied. In the bis (2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate sodium salt (AOT)/n-pentanol/n-heptane/NaCl system, AOT was used as a anionic surfactant to form microemulsion in n-heptane, n-pentanol was injected in the microemulsion as a cosurfactant. Co(II) was found to be extracted into the microemulsion phase due to ion pair formation such as Co²⁺(R–SO₃ ⁻)Cl. The influence of different parameters such as the volume ratio of aqueous phase to microemulsion, surfactant concentration, pH of the feed solutions, cosurfactant concentration as well as temperature on the extraction yield (E%) were investigated. The results showed that it was possible to extract 95% of cobalt by the AOT Winsor II microemulsion.     

Interaction of chlorine dioxide with nitroxyl radicals

The formation of charge transfer complexes between chlorine dioxide and nitroxyl radicals (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, 4-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, 4-methoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, 4-acetylamido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, 2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-4-phenyl-3-imidazolin-1-oxyl, and bis(4-methoxyphenyl) nitroxide) in acetone, acetonitrile, n-heptane, diethyl ether, carbon tetrachloride, toluene, and dichloromethane was found by spectrophotometry at –60—+20 °C. The thermodynamic parameters of complex formation were determined. The radical structure affects its complex formation ability. The charge transfer complex is transformed into the corresponding oxoammonium salt.     

The Solvent Effect on the Rate of Reaction between Propanethiol and Chlorine Dioxide

The products and kinetics of the liquid-phase oxidation of propanethiol by chlorine dioxide in organic media (n-heptane, 1,4-dioxane, carbon tetrachloride, benzene, diethyl ether, ethyl acetate, acetone, and acetonitrile) at temperatures from –10 to 70°C were examined. The reaction rate constants and activation parameters were measured in the above solvents. A strong solvent effect on the reaction kinetics was found (k= 1.67 × 10^–3or 52.7 l mol^–1s^–1(25°C) in heptane or acetonitrile, respectively). The data were analyzed in terms of the Leydler–Eyring and Koppel–Palm equations. The formation of high-polarity intermediates in the test reaction was suggested.     

Solubility of Anthracene in Binary Carbon Tetrachloride + Alkane Solvent Mixtures

Abstract

Experimental solubilities are reported for anthracene in binary solvent mixtures containing carbon tetrachloride with n-hexane, n-heptane, n-octane, cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane and isooctane at 25°C. Results of these measurements, combined with the excess Gibbs free energies of the binary solvents, are used to test predictive expressions derived from the nearly ideal binary solvent (NIBS) model. Expressions based on a volume fraction average of solute properties in the two pure solvents predict anthracene solubilities to within a maximum deviation of 4.5% and an overall average deviation of 1.8%.     

Evaporation rate from aerosol OT-water-n-heptane inverse micellar systems

The evaporation rate of aerosol OT-water-n-heptane inverse micellar systems was studied. The evaporation behavior of solutions was strongly affected when compared with pure heptane. The changes are related to the structure of the micelles and the properties of the water molecules dissolved in the micelles. The initial rate of evaporation reaches a maximum when the surfactant head groups are hydrated with three water molecules, a minimum when the first hydration shell of Na⁺ ions is completed, and then rises and stabilizes until the second hydration shell is completed. The presence of free water when the ratio water molecules to surfactant molecules exceeds 12 produces a new rise of the initial evaporation rate, which is always higher than that of puren-heptane.     

Radiolyse des hydrocarbures. 20e communication. n-Alcanes en phase liquide de l'heptane au dodécane

Effects of dose and temperature on the yields of the majority of the radiolysis products of the n-heptane, n-octane, n-nonane, n-decane and n-dodecane have been determined. The G-values of the products, excepting dimers are approximately the same for all the above n-alcanes. The temperature dependence, expressed as an apparent activation energy is shown to be equal for all n-alcanes.