Thermophysical study of 1,4-dioxane with cycloalkane mixtures

Densities, refractive indices, and surface tension for the binary mixtures 1,4-dioxane with cyclopentane or cylohexane have been determined at ambient pressure and at T = (283.15, 298.15, and 313.15) K. Excess volumes and refractive index and surface tension deviations have been calculated from the experimental data. Several relations between the thermophysical properties studied here have been tested using our experimental results.     

Experimental determination and modeling of structure II hydrates in mixtures of methane+water+1,4-dioxane

Hydrate phase equilibrium conditions were measured with a Cailletet apparatus in the pressure range 2<14 MPa. The investigated 1,4-dioxane concentrations were 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 20 and 30 mol% relative to water. The results show that adding 1,4-dioxane up to concentrations of 6 mol%, about the stoichiometric ratio of large sII cages to water (1/17), reduced the equilibrium pressure of hydrate formation. Adding 1,4-dioxane beyond 6 mol% caused a slow increase of the equilibrium pressures. The hydrate phase equilibria data were modeled as equilibrium between a liquid phase of water and 1,4-dioxane, with a small amount of methane, and a sII hydrate of 1,4-dioxane and methane. The chemical potential of the hydrate phase was described using the van der Waals and Platteeuw theory. Activity coefficients of the liquid phase were calculated by a van Laar relation, based on literature 1,4-dioxane+water VLE data. The predicted equilibrium pressures calculated were within 5% of the data up to a concentration of 20 mol% 1,4-dioxane relative to water.     

Solution thermodynamics and preferential solvation of triclocarban in {1,4-dioxane (1) + water (2)} mixtures at 298.15 K

The equilibrium solubility and preferential solvation of triclocarban in {1,4-dioxane (1) + water (2)} mixtures at 298.15 K was reported. Mole fraction solubility varies continuously from 2.85 × 10^–9 in neat water to 2.39 × 10^–3 in neat 1,4-dioxane. Solubility behaviour was adequately correlated by means of the Jouyban-Acree model. Based on the inverse Kirkwood-Buff integrals, preferential solvation parameters were calculated. Triclocarban is preferentially solvated by water in water-rich mixtures (0.00 < x₁ < 0.18) and also in 1,4-dioxane-rich mixtures (0.78 < x₁ < 1.00) but preferentially solvated by 1,4-dioxane in mixtures with similar solvent compositions.     

Excess enthalpies of water+1,4-dioxane at 278.15, 298.15, 318.15 and 338.15 K

The excess molar enthalpies of (1–x)water+x1,4-dioxane have been measured at four different temperatures. All the mixtures showed negative enthalpies in the range of low mole fraction but positive ones in the range of high mole fraction of 1,4-dioxane. Excess enthalpies were increased with increasing temperature except those of at 278.15 K. Partial molar enthalpies have maximum around x=0.13 and minimum around x=0.75. Three different behaviors for the concentration dependence of partial molar enthalpies were observed for all temperature. Theoretical calculations of molecular interactions of three characteristic concentrations were carried out using the molecular orbital method.     

DFT study of the carbon‐ and nitrogen‐pivot lariat crown ethers and their complexes with alkali metal cations: Na+, K+

In this work, a quantum mechanical research of five lariat crown ethers(LCEs), 2‐methoxy‐15‐crown‐5( A ), N‐methoxy‐4‐aza‐15‐crown‐5( B ), N‐methoxy‐4‐aza‐18‐crown‐6( C ), N‐methoxyethyl‐4‐aza‐18‐crown‐6( D ), N,N′‐bis(2‐metho xyethyl)‐4,13‐diaza‐18‐crown‐6( E ), which are based on either 15‐crown‐5 or 18‐crown‐6 frameworks and contain various pendant arms extending from either carbon or nitrogen atoms on the crown frameworks, had been done using density functional theory with B3LYP/6‐31G* method to obtain the electronic and geometrical structures of the LCEs and their complexes with alkali metal ions: Na⁺ and K⁺. The nucleophilicity of LCEs had been investigated by the Fukui functions. For complexes, the match between the cation and cavity size, the status of interaction between alkali metal ions and donor atoms in the LCEs, and the sidearm effect of the LCEs had been analyzed through the other calculated parameters, such as, highest occupied molecular orbital energy, lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy, and energy gaps. In addition, the enthalpies of complexation reaction had been studied by the calculated thermodynamic data (298 K). The calculated results are all in a good agreement with the experimental data for the complexes. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem 2009     

The synthesis, Na+ binding properties of new coumarin-crown ethers

o-Dihydroxy-3-(methylphenyl)-chromenones (coumarins; 3a–3c) were synthesized from trimethoxybenzaldehydes through a reaction with the corresponding methylphenyl-acrylonitrile in pyridine·HCl and then H₃O⁺. Dihydroxycoumarins reacted with the ditosylate or dichloride derivatives of tri- or tetraethyleneglycols in the presence of CH₃CN/Na₂CO₃ and macrocyclic ethers with a coumarin moiety were obtained. The chromatographically purified new coumarin-crown ethers (5a–5f) were identified by IR, ¹H NMR, and Mass spectrometry. The binding constants of Na⁺ with the coumarin-crown ethers were determined in an 80 % dioxane/water binary solvent system at 25 °C from conductance measurements.     

Synthesis and evaluation of novel 1,3-bridged calix[4]arene-crown ethers for selective interaction with Na+/K+ cations

Calix[4]arenes possessing electron-donating groups (OH and OR) at the lower rim when reacted with tosylated polyethers under basic conditions give the corresponding 1,3-disubstituted calix[4]arene-crown ethers 2a–2h, in good yields. The binding properties of the synthesized 1,3-bridged calix[4]arene-crown ethers for alkali metal cations have been investigated by atomic emission spectrometric analysis. It has been observed that recognition of sodium and potassium varies with the size of the polyether chain as well as the substituents on the free phenolics of the calix[4]arene-crown ether. The potassium/sodium selectivity seems to be governed primarily by the size of the crown ring, relative hydrophobicity and cation-π interaction capability to give efficiency order as 2a, 2d?>?2?h?>?2c, 2e?>?2b, 2f?>?2?g.     

Ternary excess molar enthalpies for the mixtures of methanol and ethanol with tetrahydropyran or 1,4-dioxane at 298.15 K

Ternary excess molar enthalpies, H_m^E, at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure measured by using a flow microcalorimeter are reported for the (methanol+ethanol+tetrahydropyran) and (methanol+ethanol+1,4-dioxane) mixtures. The pseudobinary excess molar enthalpies for all the systems are found to be positive over the entire range of compositions. The experimental results are correlated with a polynomial equation to estimate the coefficients and standard errors. The results have been compared with those calculated from a UNIQUAC associated solution model in terms of the self-association of alcohols as well as solvation between unlike alcohols and alcohols with tetrahydropyran or 1,4-dioxane. The association constants, solvation constants and optimally fitted binary parameters obtained solely from the pertinent binary correlation predict the ternary excess molar enthalpies with an excellent accuracy.     

Enthalpies of transfer of 2-methyl-2-propanol from water to mixtures of water with methanol,ethanol and 1,4-dioxane

The enthalpies of transfer of 2-methyl-2-propanol (TBA) from water to mixtures of water with methanol, ethanol and 1,4-dioxane have been measured. The data are considered in terms of recently developed theory, and it is found that the enthalpies of transfer can be reproduced quantitatively over most of the composition range in each solvent system. The parameters recovered from the analyses indicate that the net effect of TBA on the solvent structure is a breaking of solvent-solvent bonds and that TBA is preferentially hydrated in the aqueous alcohol systems, but randomly solvated in the water+1,4-dioxane system. It is also found that the model parameters for TBA solvation in the alcohol systems are independent of the alcohol.     

Dielectric properties of binary mixtures of three butanediols with 1,4-dioxane and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol at T = 298.2 K

Experimental results of dielectric investigations for solutions of the three butanediols {2,3-butanediol (2,3BD), 1,3-butanediol (1,3BD), and 1,4-butanediol (1,4BD)}, in 1,4-dioxane (1,4DX) are reported for various mole fractions at T = 298.2 K. Values of relative permittivity were measured at 100 kHz. The molecular dipole moments were determined using Guggenheim method. The variations of effective dipole moment and correlation factor, g, with mole fraction in these materials were investigated using Kirkwood–Frohlich equation. Dielectric measurements were also carried out on binary polar mixtures of the butanediols with 2-ethyl-1-hexanol (2EH) for various concentrations at T = 298.2 K. The Kirkwood correlation factor, the Bruggeman factor, and the excess permittivity were determined.     

Coordination polyhedra of hydration shells of Na+ and K+ cations in aqueous solutions

Simulation of the hydration of Na⁺ and K⁺ cations in dilute solution was performed by the Monte Carlo method. A novel approach to structural analysis of hydration shells of ions was developed. Specific sets of coordination polyhedra formed by water molecules of the first coordination sphere were found. Structural and energy characteristics of hydration were calculated. The effect of Na⁺ and K⁺ cations on the structure of the network of H-bonds and mobility of water molecules in hydration shells was studied. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 852–857, May, 1999.     

Isobaric vapour–liquid phase diagram and excess properties for the binary system 1,4-dioxane + water at 298.15 K, 318.15 K and 338.15 K

Isobaric vapour–liquid equilibrium (VLE) data have been measured for the binary system (1,4-dioxane + water) at atmospheric pressure. The compositions of the two phases in equilibrium were taken from the refractive indices curve of the system. The equilibrium data show a positive deviation from ideality and reveal an azeotrope. VLE data have been used to calculate the activity coefficients of the two components at 298.15 K, 318.15 K and 338.15 K. The excess properties have been deduced at these temperatures. Molar Gibbs free energy at liquid state was expressed as a function of composition and temperature. At the liquid state, excess entropies of the present system are negative over the entire composition range. Molecular-scale segregation in this system was proved.     

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.     

Excess molar volumes of methylcyclohexane+benzene, +methylbenzene, +1,4-dioxane,and +tetrahydrofuran at 303.15 K

Excess molar volumes V_m^E as function of mole fraction x for methylcyclohexane + benzene, + methylbenzene, + 1,4-dioxane, and + tetrahydrofuran are reported at 303.15 K. The excess molar volumes are positive and indicate the presence of weak interactions.     

Liquid–liquid phase equilibria of the ternary system of water/1,4-dioxane/dihydromyrcene

Liquid–liquid phase equilibria (LLE) for the system of water/1,4-dioxane/dihydromyrene (DHM) were investigated experimentally at 343.15, 348.15, 353.15, 358.15 K and atmospheric pressure. The reliability of the experimental tie-lines has been confirmed by using Othmer–Tobias correlation. The NRTL and improved UNIQUAC models were used to correlate the phase equilibria in the system using the interaction parameters determined from experimental data. The root mean square deviation (RMSD) between the observed and calculated mole percents was 0.58%. It is found that NRTL and improved UNIQUAC used for LLE could provide a good correlation.     

Gibbs functions for transfer of divalent metal cations from water to water + methanol mixtures using potentiometry, polarography and solubility measurements

Gibbs functions for transfer from water to methanol and to a full range of water + methanol mixtures were obtained for Cu²⁺, Cd²⁺, Pb²⁺, Hg²⁺, Zn²⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺ and Ba²⁺ using potentiometric or polarographic measurements in these solvents. In addition, data were obtained from the solubility products of the alkaline-earth iodates. From values obtained by the different methods and literature data, a table of selected values is given.