A study of solute-solute interactions of amides dissolved in N-methylformamide by enthalpic interaction coefficients

Enthalpies of dilution of formamide, acetamide, propionamide, butyramide and hexanamide, dissolved in N-methylformamide have been measured calorimetrically at 25°C. From the results McMillan-Mayer coefficient related enthalpic pair and triplet interaction coefficients have been calculated. Except for those of formamide, all pair coefficients are negative, whereas the triplet terms are positive. The values in the protic solvent N-methylformamide presented in this paper together with those published before are compared with results for corresponding solutes dissolved in the aprotic solvent N,N-dimethylformamide. A discussion of the dependence of the interaction coefficients on the applied concentration scale is given and conversion factors are presented. The influence of hydrogen bonding, of substituent effects on this hydrogen bonding, and of polarophobic interaction is discussed. The latter is comparable in N,N-dimethyl-and N-methylformamide. The enthalpic pair interaction coefficients have been correlated with the Excess Group Additivity approach.To whom correspondence should be addressed.