Analysis of {α,ω-Dichloroalkane or α,ω-Dibromoalkane] + Benzene and α,ω-Dichloroalkane + Tetrachloromethane} Mixtures in Terms of Group Contributions

Abstract

Molar excess enthalpies, H ^E _m, at 298.15K and atmospheric pressure have been determined for three binary liquid mixtures [x{1,3-dichloropropane or 1,4-dichlorobutane and 1,6-dichlorohexane} + (1 - x) tetrachloromethane]. These experimental results along with the data available in the literature on molar excess Gibbs energies, G ^E _m, activity coefficients at infinite dilution, In γ^∞ _i , and molar excess enthalpies, H ^E _m, for α,ω-dihaloalkanes + benzene or + tetrachloromethane mixtures are examined on the basis of the DISQUAC group contribution model.     

Adsorption of tetralin and hydrogenated intermediates and products on the (100) surfaces of Ir, Pt and Pd: a DFT study

The current work presents systematic density functional theory (DFT) study on the adsorption characteristics of H, C, CH₃, C₂H₄, C₆H₆, C₆H₁₀, tetralin, tetralin’s plausible monohydrogenated intermediates and the hydrogenated products (1-butylbenzene, 1-methyl, 2-propylbenzene, and 1,2-diethylbenzene) involved in the selective ring opening (SRO) of tetralin on the (100) surfaces of Ir, Pt and Pd. We found that the most stable product of SRO of tetralin on the 3 metal surfaces was 1-butylbenzene. Generally, the adsorptions on 3 metal surfaces have the similar tendency, and most of the species bind most favorably to Ir compared to Pt and Pd. From our thermodynamic analysis, the overall reaction energetic for the three possible ring opening pathways are exothermic, with 1,2-diethylbenzene and 1-methyl, 2-propylbenzene being more energetically favorable compared to 1-butylbenzene.     

Calorimetric effects of short-range orientational order in solutions of benzene or n-alkylbenzenes in n-alkanes

A Picker flow microcalorimeter was used to determine molar excess heat capacities, C^E_p, at 298.15 K, as function of concentration, for the eleven liquid mixtures: benzene+n-tetradecane; toluene+n-heptane, and +n-tetradecane; ethylbenzene+n-heptane, +n-decane, +n-dodecane; and +n-tetradecane; n-propylbenzene +n-heptane, and +n-tetradecane; n-butylbenzene+n-heptane, and +n-tetradecane. In addition, molar excess volumes, V^E, at 298.15 K, were obtained for each of these systems (except benzene+n-tetradecane) and for toluene+n-hexane. The excess volumes which are generally negative with a short alkane, increase and become positive with increasing chain length of the alkane. The excess heat capacities are negative in all cases. The absolute ¦C^E_p¦ increased with increasing chain length of the n-alkane. A formal interchange parameter, C_p12, is calculated and its dependence on n-alkane chain length is discussed in terms of molecular orientations.     

Structure determination of sec-butylbenzene rotamers by UV spectroscopy and ab initio calculations

Sec-butylbenzene has been investigated using resonant two-photon ionization (R2PI) and UV–UV hole-burning spectroscopy aided by ab initio calculations. All three conformers predicted from theory are observed in the spectrum, and are assigned by rotational band contour analysis. The most strongly populated conformer (G1) has a gauche arrangement of the side chain dihedral angle τ₂(C₁C_αC_βC_γ). The populations of the anti (A) and the remaining gauche conformer (G2) are about 7% and 2%, respectively. The alpha methyl group is found to significantly affect the conformational preferences in sec-butylbenzene (sec-BB), compared to n-propylbenzene in which the anti conformer is favored.     

Liquid Solution Densities of Ternary-Pseudobinary Mixtures of (Benzene + Cyclohexane) in the Presence of Tetrachloromethane or <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Hexane

Densities have been obtained as a function of composition for ternary-pseudobinary mixtures of [(benzene + tetrachloromethane or n-hexane) + (cyclohexane + tetrachloromethane or n-hexane)] at atmospheric pressure and the temperature 298.15 K, by means of a vibrating-tube densimeter. Excess molar volumes, V_m^E, partial molar volumes and excess partial molar volumes were calculated from the density data. The values of V_m^E have been correlated using the Redlich–Kister equation and the coefficients and standard errors were estimated. The experimental and calculated quantities are used to discuss the mixing behavior of the components. The results show that the third component, CCl₄ or n-C₆H₁₄, have quite different influences on the volumetric properties of binary liquid mixtures of benzene with cyclohexane.     

Volumetric properties of binary systems between tetralin and alkylbenzenes

Excess molar volumes of binary mixtures of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (tetralin) with benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, n-propylbenzene, iso-propylbenzene, n-butylbenzene, tert-butylbenzene, and sec-butylbenzene over the whole mole fraction range were measured with a continuous dilution dilatometer. All the experimental values, except that of benzene system, are negative. Flory theory and its extended form, the two-parameter method, were used to describe the volumetric properties. Theoretical prediction of volumetric properties is discussed in terms of the efficiency of the segmental contact sites. It is concluded that the two-parameter method can improve greatly the theoretical results.     

Molar excess heat capacities and volumes for mixtures of alkanoates with cyclohexane at 25°C

Molar excess volumes V ^E at 25°C have been determined by vibrating-tube densimetry, as a function of mole fraction x for different series of an alkanoate (H _2m+1 C _m COOC _n H _2n+1 )+cyclohexane. Three types of alkanoates were investigated, i.e., methanoates (m=0, with n=3 and 4), ethanoates (m=1, with n=2, 3, and 4) and propanoates (m=2, with n=1, 2, and 3). In addition, a Picker flow calorimeter was used to obtain molar excess heat capacities C _p ^E at constant pressure at the same temperature. V ^E is positive for all systems and rather symmetric, with V ^E (x=0.5) amounting to almost identical values in a series of mixtures containing an alkanoate isomer of same formula (say C₄H₈O₂, C₅H₁₀O₂, or C₆H₁₂O₂). The composition dependence of C _p ^E is rather unusual in that two more or less marked minima are observed for most of the mixtures, especially when the alkanoate is a methanoate or an ethanoate. These results are discussed in terms of possible changes in conformation of both the ester and cyclohexane.     

Thermodynamic properties of binary mixtures containing n-alkylamines: I. Isothermal vapour–liquid equilibrium and excess molar enthalpy of n-alkylamine+toluene mixtures. Measurement and analysis in terms of group contributions

Molar excess enthalpies, H^E, at 303.15 K and atmospheric pressure, of n-propyl-, n-butyl-, n-pentyl-, n-octyl- or n-decylamine+toluene, as well as the isothermal vapour–liquid equilibria, VLE, of n-butylamine+toluene and of n-butylamine+benzene at 298.15 K have been determined. These experimental results, along with the data available in the literature on molar excess Gibbs energies, G^E, activity coefficients at infinite dilution, γ_i^∞, and molar excess enthalpies, H^E, for n-alkylamine+toluene mixtures are examined on the basis of the DISQUAC group contribution model. The modified UNIFAC is also used to describe the mixtures.     

Excess enthalpies of mixing tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydropyran with some chloroalkanes at 26.9°C

Excess enthalpies of mixing H _m ^E of tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydropyran with trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane and 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane have been determined at 26.9°C and are found to be negative over the entire composition range for both sets of the ether mixtures. H _m ^E decreases in the sequence; dichloroethane > tetrachloromethane > trichloroethane > trichloromethane > tetrachloroethane. The results are explained on the basis of strong O...H-C and weak Cl...O specific interactions. Flory's theory has been used to correlate the experimental data with good agreement found between the theoretical and experimental values of H _m ^E .     

Excess volumes for trichloroethene + benzene, + toluene, + p-xylene, + tetrachloromethane,and + trichloromethane at 303.15 K

Excess volumes V^E for trichloroethene (CCl₂CHCl) + benzene, + toluene, + p-xylene, + tetrachloromethane, and + trichloromethane have been measured at 303.15 K, by direct dilatometry. V^E has been found to be positive for trichloroethene + benzene, and + trichloromethane, and negative for trichloroethene + toluene, and + p-xylene. For trichloroethene + tetrachloromethane V^E is positive at low mole fractions of C₂HCl₃ and negative at high mole fractions.     

Excess enthalpies and molecular interactions in solutions of 1-fluoroalkanes in alkanes,benzene or tetrachloromethane. A group contribution (DISQUAC) study

Molar excess enthalpies H ^E at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure were determined for 12 binary liquid mixtures, 1-fluoropentane, 1-fluorohexane, or 1-fluorononane + a non-polar solvent (hexane, cyclohexane, benzene, or tetrachloromethane) and were interpreted by the DISQUAC group contribution model. 1-Fluoroalkane + n-alkane mixtures are characterized by two types of groups or contact surfaces, fluorine (F) and alkane (CH₃, CH₂), the remaining mixtures by the additional contact surfaces of the solvents (C₆H₁₂ C₆H₆, or CCl₄). The interchange energies, entirely dispersive, of the alkane-solvent contacts were determined independently from the study of solvent-alkane mixtures. The dispersive F-alkane parameters were assumed to equal the parameters of perfluoroalkanes + n-alkanes. The shape of the H ^E curves of 1-fluorolkane + polarizable solvent (C₆H₆, CCl₄) mixtures are best reproduced by the model when the quasi-chemical F-solvent parameters are assumed to equal zero. The quasi-chemical F-alkane (the same for n-alkanes and cyclohexane) and the dispersive F-solvent parameters were estimated in this work. The 1-fluoroalkane solutions in C₆H₆ or CCl₄ exhibit the characteristic features of polar solute + polarizable solvent mixtures, viz., the deviations from the ideality are less positive than in alkanes and the experimental H ^E curves are strongly asymmetrical.     

Thermodynamics of liquid mixtures containing a very strongly polar compound: Part 6. DISQUAC characterization of N,N-dialkylamides

Systems of N,N di(n-alkylamides) (hereafter, N,N-dialkylamides) with alkane, benzene, toluene, 1-alkanol or 1-alkyne have been investigated in the framework of the DISQUAC model. The corresponding interaction parameters are reported. They change regularly with the molecular structure of the mixture components. This variation is similar to those encountered when treating other systems in terms of DISQUAC. The model describes consistently a whole set of thermodynamic properties: liquid–liquid equilibria (LLE), vapor–liquid equilibria (VLE), solid–liquid equilibria (SLE), molar excess Gibbs energies (G^E), molar excess enthalpies (H^E), molar excess heat capacities at constant pressure (C_P^E), partial molar excess properties at infinite dilution, enthalpies and heat capacities. The model also provides good results for the Kirkwood–Buff integrals and for the linear coefficients of preferential solvation. For ternary systems, DISQUAC predictions on VLE and H^E, obtained using binary parameters only, are in good agreement with the experimental data. A short comparison between DISQUAC and Dortmund UNIFAC results is shown. DISQUAC improves UNIFAC results on H^E and C_P^E, magnitudes which strongly depend on the molecular structure. The investigated mixtures behave similarly to those characterized by thermodynamic properties which arise from dipolar interactions. Association/solvation effects do not play, as a whole, an important role in the studied systems. This may explain that the ERAS model fails when representing the thermodynamic properties of dimethylformamide + 1-alkanol mixtures.     

Refractive Indices Measurement and Correlation for Selected Binary Systems of Various Polarities at 25 °C

New refractive indices at 25 °C were measured and are reported here for 19 binary mixtures of pentan-3-one+1,2-dichloroethane, +1,3-dichloropropane, +1,4-dichlorobutane, +trichloromethane, +1,1,1-trichloroethane, +1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane; cyclopentanone+1-chlorobutane, +1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane; cyclohexanone+1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane; 5-chloro-2-pentanone+n-hexane, +toluene, +ethylbenzene; nitromethane+trichloromethane; and nitromethane or nitroethane, +1,2-dichloroethane, +1,3-dichloropropane, +1,4-dichlorobutane. The experimental refractive index deviations from linear mixing behavior have been evaluated and correlated consistently with the 3-parameter Redlich–Kister equation with good results. The molar refraction was also examined for the systems including pentan-3-one, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone and 5-chloro-2-pentanone for which densities and excess molar volumes are available from previous works. Different theoretical (n, ρ) mixing rules were tested for these systems. The excess Gibbs energy G ^E and excess enthalpy H ^E values were considered together with the excess molar volumes V ^E, excess refractive indexes $ n_{\text{D}}^{\text{E}} $ , molar refraction R and excess molar refractions R ^E on mixing in the discussion of the influence of the alkyl chain length or of the nature of the second component in the mixture in terms of molecular interactions.     

Thermodynamic activation parameters for viscous flow of aqueous solutions of butylamines

The thermodynamic activation parameters, enthalpies, ΔH?^≠, free energies, ΔG ^≠, and entropies, ΔS?^≠, for viscous flow of the systems, water (W)?+?n-butylamine (NBA), W?+?sec-butylamine (SBA) and W?+?tert-butylamine (TBA), have been determined by using the density and the viscosity data. These properties and their excess values have been represented graphically against their composition. With respect to the composition, ΔG ^≠ show a typical behaviour for all the systems – a fast rise in the water-rich region with a maximum followed by the values that decline up to the pure state of amines. The ΔH?^≠ and ΔS?^≠ versus composition curves follow the similar trend. For all systems the excess properties, ΔG ^≠E, ΔH ^?≠E and ΔS?^≠E are characterized by sharp maxima in the water-rich region, which are thought to be mainly due to the hydrophobic hydration and the hydrophilic effect.     

DISQUAC predictions of phase equilibria,molar and standard partial molar excess quantities for 1-alkanol+cyclohexane mixtures

Literature data for phase equilibria: vapor-liquid VLE, liquid-liquid LLE, and solid-liquid SLE; molar excess Gibbs energies G ^E , molar excess enthalpies H ^E ; activity coefficients _i and partial molar excess enthalpies H _i ^E,o at infinite dilution for 1-alkanol (1)+cyclohexane (2) mixtures are examined by the DISQUAC group contribution model. For a more sensitive test of DISQUAC, the azeotropes, obtained from the reduction of the original isothermal VLE data, are also examined for systems characterized by hydroxyl, alkane and cyclohexane groups. The alkane/cyclohexane and alkane/hydroxyl interaction parameters have been estimated previously. The cyclohexane/hydroxyl interaction parameters are reported in this work. The first dispersive parameters increase regularly with the size of the alkanol; from 1-octadecanol they are constant; an opposite behavior is encountered for the third dispersive parameters, which are constant from 1-dodecanol. The second dispersive parameters decrease as far as 1-propanol and then increase regularly; from 1-octadecanol they are constant. The quasichemical parameters are equal to those for the alkane/hydroxyl interactions. Phase equilibria, the molar excess functions, and activity coefficients at infinite dilution are reasonably well reproduced. Poor results are found for H _i ^E,o and DISQUAC predictions for H _i ^E,o are strongly dependent on temperature.