Titration calorimetric determination of the pairwise interaction parameters of glycerol,D-threitol,mannitol, and D-glucitol in dilute aqueous solutions

Enthalpic pairwise interaction parameters, h_jj, were determined by titration calorimetry at 25°C for dilute solutions of glycerol, D-threitol, manitol, and D-glucitol in water. The parameters for these and other polyols conform to the expression h_jj (J-kg^–1)=145+135n_OH–21.5n _OH ² –41.7 _dl ² -160.5n_dlld, where n_OH=n_C is the number of hydroxyl groups (carbon atoms), n_dl is the number of dl configuration of a vicinal pair of OH-groups, and n_dlld is the number of such configurations in the polyol molecules. A rationalization of this expression is given.