IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

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 Solubility System: Nitromethane with 1-Butanol

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Components:
   (1) 1-Butanol; C4H10O; [71-36-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Nitromethane; CH3NO2; [75-52-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Sazonov, V.P.; Filippov, V.V., Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Khim. Khim. Tekhnol. 18, 222-5(1975).

Variables:
   Temperature = 284 K to 291 K

Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov and N. V. Sazonov

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  

t/°C	T/K	102 * Mass Fraction w1	Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)	Comment(s)
11.30	284.45	24.97	0.2878	Alcohol-rich phase
11.30	284.45	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
12.25	285.40	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
12.25	285.40	80.08	0.8300	Nitromethane-rich phase
14.32	287.47	30.01	0.3424	Alcohol-rich phase
14.32	287.47	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
15.14	288.29	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
15.14	288.29	74.93	0.7840	Nitromethane-rich phase
16.25	289.40	35.15	0.3969	Alcohol-rich phase
16.25	289.40	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
16.77	290.02	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
16.77	290.02	69.98	0.7389	Nitromethane-rich phase
17.20	290.35	39.98	0.4471	Alcohol-rich phase
17.20	290.35	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
17.43	290.58	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
17.43	290.58	64.93	0.6921	Nitromethane-rich phase
17.79	290.94	46.77	0.5162	Alcohol-rich phase
17.79	290.94	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
17.83	290.98	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
17.83	290.98	60.01	0.6457	Nitromethane-rich phase
17.93	291.08	49.96	0.5480	Alcohol-rich phase
17.93	291.08	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
17.99	291.14	53.93	0.5870	Alcohol-rich phase
17.99	291.14	53.93	0.5870 (UCST)	Nitromethane-rich phase

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method of Alekseev was used. Close to the phase transition temperature, heating and cooling of the mixture were accomplished in steps at a rate of 0.02 K·h^-1.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; pure grade reagent; distilled over a column of 15 theoretical plates; n(20 °C, D) = 1.3819, d(20 °C) = 1138.1 g·L^-1.
   (2) Source not specified; analytical purity; distilled with glass packed fractionating column; n(20 °C, D) = 1.3993, d(20 °C) = 809.6 g·L^-1.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not reported.
   Temperature: Not reported.
   Pressure: Not reported.

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Last updated: February 18, 2015 (Created: August 17, 2007)