Ions in Aqueous Acetic Acid Mixtures: Solvent Reorganization around Protons and Gibbs Energies of Transfer from Water |
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Authors: | Cecil F. Wells |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B152TT, England |
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Abstract: | The photo-absorbing, basic sensor, 4-nitroaniline, has been used to determine theequilibrium constant for solvent reorganization around the proton in mixtures ofvarying composition of water with acetic acid. In all the mixtures used, theself-ionization of the acetic acid was suppressed. In contrast to mixtures of waterwith the related ethanol or acetone, this equilibrium is shifted more toward thewater-solvated species as the mole fraction x2 of the cosolvent increases. TheGibbs energy of transfer of protons from water into the mixture Got(H+) can bederived with the aid of this equilibrium constant for the solvent reorganization.Using Got(H+), Got(i) for i denoting anions and other cations can be evaluated.In comparison the Got(i) for cations have lower negative values than when eitherethanol or acetone is added to water. Correspondingly, for halide anions, thepositive Got(i) with added acetic acid are rather less than is found with eitherethanol or acetone added. The influence on the ion-solvent interaction of bothelectron withdrawing hydroxy and carbonyl groups in acetic acid may beresponsible for this. Although Got(i) for C10–4 and Re0–4 are also positive, both picrateions and OH– give negative values with acetic acid added to water. With picrateions, the hydrophobic effect of the carbon ring produces stabilization in themixture relative to water. With OH–, complete conversion to acetate anionsoccurs. As is found with other cosolvents, the contribution of the charge onacetate anion to Got(CH3COO–) is found to increase as x2 rises. The aciddissociation constant Ka for acetic acid is found to decrease slowly as x2 rises to0.5, followed by a rapid decrease for x2 greater than 0.7 where dimerization ofacetic acid occurs. |
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Keywords: | Ions solvent mixtures Gibbs energies of transfer acetic acid-water mixtures |
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