| Abstract: | Abstract Experimental solubilities are reported at 25.0°C for ferrocene dissolved in 46 different organic nonelectrolyte solvents containing ether-, chloro-, hydroxy-, ester, methyl-and t-butyl-functional groups. Results of these measurements, combined with previously reported ferrocene solubilities taken from the chemical literature, are used to test the applications and limitations of expressions derived from mobile order theory. For the 42 solvents for which predictions could be made computations show that mobile order theory does provide fairly reasonable estimates of the saturation mole fraction solubilities. Average absolute deviation between predicted and observed values is 107.8%. In comparison, the average absolute deviation is 627% when ideal solution behavior is assumed. |
