IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitromethane with 2-Methylbutane

Components:
   (1) Nitromethane; CH3NO2; [75-52-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) 2-Methylbutane; C5H12; [78-78-4]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Evaluator:
   V. P. Sazonov, Technical University, Samara, Russia; A. Skrzecz, Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland August 1999.

Critical Evaluation:

    Solubilities in the system comprising nitromethane and 2-methylbutane have been reported in three publications. Burova et al.1 studied mutual solubilities of the components between 293 and 341 K, Rolla et al.2 between 350 and 369 K, and Pavlov et al.3 between 293 and 339 K, all using the synthetic method.

All experimental values reported in Burova et al.,1 Rolla et al.,2 and Pavlov et al.3 (treated with the same weighing factor) have been approximated by the equation based on scaling law (described in the Introduction material to this volume "Relations of Solubility Data in Binary Systems Containing Nitromethane") and the following parameters have been adjusted:

a1 = 0.98413, a2 = -0.43533, b1 = 1.13295, b2 = -1.10745

(mean standard error of estimate was 0.0177).

For approximation xc1 and UCST from Rolla et al.2 have been used. In the opinion of the evaluators, the mutual solubilities calculated by this equation may be treated as tentative. The results of calculations for the selected temperatures are presented in the following table. This relationship together with experimental points reported in Burova et al.,1 Rolla et al.,2 and Pavlov et al.3 are also presented in Fig. 10 .

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)

Mutual solubility of nitromethane and 2-methylbutane
T/K102 * Mass Fraction w1Mole Fraction x1Comment(s)
293.24.010.0341Hydrocarbon-rich phase
293.297.430.9697Nitromethane-rich phase
298.24.840.0412Hydrocarbon-rich phase
298.296.920.9638Nitromethane-rich phase
303.25.740.0490Hydrocarbon-rich phase
303.296.380.9575Nitromethane-rich phase
313.27.810.0669Hydrocarbon-rich phase
313.295.160.9433Nitromethane-rich phase
323.210.330.0888Hydrocarbon-rich phase
323.293.710.9264Nitromethane-rich phase
333.213.450.1162Hydrocarbon-rich phase
333.291.900.9056Nitromethane-rich phase
343.217.480.1519Hydrocarbon-rich phase
343.289.540.8786Nitromethane-rich phase
353.223.060.2023Hydrocarbon-rich phase
353.286.130.8401Nitromethane-rich phase
363.232.420.2887Hydrocarbon-rich phase
363.279.930.7711Nitromethane-rich phase
368.243.380.3933Hydrocarbon-rich phase
368.271.590.6807Nitromethane-rich phase
369.250.640.4647Hydrocarbon-rich phase
369.265.290.6141Nitromethane-rich phase
View Figure 10 for this Evaluation

References: (Click a link to see its experimental data associated with the reference)

   1  Burova, T.V.; Kogan, V.B.; Nemtsev, M.S., Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad) 36, 988-94 (1963).
   2  Rolla, M.; Franzosini, P.; Riccardi, R. L., Bottelli, Z. Naturforsch. 22A, 48-53 (1967).
   3  Pavlov, S.Y.; Pavlova, S.P.; Serafimov, L.A.; Kofman, L.S., Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 10, 915-20 (1967).