Enthalpies of dissolution of propylene carbonate,acetonitrile, and 1,4-dioxane in mixtures of water with acetone or dimethyl sulfoxide

Enthalpies of dissolution of acetonitrile, propylene carbonate, and 1,4-dioxane in mixtures of water with acetone or DMSO were measured in the whole concentration range of the mixed solvents. Standard enthalpies of dissolution and enthalpies of transfer of solutes from water to its mixtures with acetone or DMSO were determined. In the region of small proportions of the nonaqueous component, the enthalpy of cavity formation in the mixed solvent makes the main contribution to the variation of the enthalpy of dissolution. An increase in the proportion of the nonaqueous component leads to competition between the contributions of cavity formation and specific interaction between the solute and the solvent during solvation.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1747–1752, September, 1995.