IUPAC-NIST Solubilities Database

IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Solubility System: Nitromethane with 1-Pentadecanol

Components:
   (1) 1-Pentadecanol; C15H32O; [629-76-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Nitromethane; CH3NO2; [75-52-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Zhuravleva, I.K.; Zhuravlev, E.F.; Faizulova, P.P., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 45, 1929-33 (1975).

Variables:
   Temperature = 313 K to 353 K

Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

Experimental Remarks:

   The mutual solubilities of nitromethane and 1-pentadecanol in mass percent over the specified temperature range were presented in graphical form in the original publication. The numerical data, in the table below, were provided by the authors at the request of the compiler.

Monotectic equilibrium is realized at 38.5 °C (311.7 K, compiler).

Experimental Data: (Notes on the Nomenclature)

Mutual solubility of nitromethane and 1-pentadecanol
t/°C	T/K	10² * Mass Fraction w₁	Mole Fraction x₁ (compiler)	Comment(s)
40	313	4.0 a	0.135	Alcohol-rich phase
40	313	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
40	313	8.4	0.256	Alcohol-rich phase
40	313	97.9	0.994	Nitromethane-rich phase
58	331	14.6	0.390	Alcohol-rich phase
58	331	95.0	0.986	Nitromethane-rich phase
60	333	16.3	0.422	Alcohol-rich phase
60	333	94.8	0.985	Nitromethane-rich phase
65	338	19.5	0.476	Alcohol-rich phase
65	338	92.9	0.980	Nitromethane-rich phase
79.5	352.7	60.0	0.849	Alcohol-rich phase
79.5	352.7	60.0	0.849 (UCST)	Nitromethane-rich phase

Notes:
   ^a  Solid-liquid equilibrium.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Solubility temperatures of the liquid or solid phase were determined by the synthetic method .¹ No further details were reported.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; pure grade reagent; purified; b. p. = 101.3 °C; n(20 °C, D) = 1.3820, d(20 °C) = 1132.0 g·L^-1.
   (2) Source not specified; purified; b. p. = 174.0 °C/0.8 kPa; m. p. = 43.0 °C; n(50 °C, D) = 1.4390.

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

References:
   ¹ V. F. Alekseev, Zh. Russ. Fiz.-Khim. O-va 8, 249 (1876).