The influence of intramolecular hydrogen bonds on the adsorption properties of aromatic alcohols and thiols

The thermodynamic characteristics of adsorption equilibria of primary aromatic alcohols and thiols on graphitized carbon black at 300 K were determined by the molecular-statistical method. The influence of intramolecular effects under the action of the force field of the sorbent on the conformation of the molecules studied was considered in comparison with n-alkylbenzenes having similar structures. An increase in the chain length by one-CH₂ group was shown to influence the formation of intramolecular H-bonds in alcohol and thiol molecules. In adsorption, a considerable fraction of molecules assumed configurations close to planar. An exception was the nonplanar conformation of the 2-phenylethanol molecule stabilized by the intramolecular H-bond.