IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

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 Solubility System: Nitromethane with Cyclohexane

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Components:
   (1) Nitromethane; CH3NO2; [75-52-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Cyclohexane; C6H12; [110-82-7]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Sazonov, V.P.; Zhilyaeva, I. N.; Gudkina, L.V., Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad) 48, 1953-7 (1975).

Variables:
   Temperature = 284 K to 367 K

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

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  

Mutual solubility of nitromethane and cyclohexane

t/°C	T/K	102 * Mass Fraction w1	Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)	Comment(s)
11.00	284.15	1.75	0.0240	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
11.00	284.15	96.28	0.9727	Nitromethane-rich phase
50.75	323.90	-	-	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
50.75	323.90	90.01	0.9255	Nitromethane-rich phase
66.85	340.00	9.99	0.1327	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
66.85	340.00	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
76.55	349.70	-	-	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
76.55	349.70	90.01	0.8466	Nitromethane-rich phase
84.25	357.40	20.01	0.2564	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
84.25	357.40	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
87.90	361.05	-	-	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
87.90	361.05	69.98	0.7627	Nitromethane-rich phase
90.45	363.60	30.05	0.3720	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
90.45	363.60	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
91.85	365.00	-	-	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
91.85	365.00	60.04	0.6744	Nitromethane-rich phase
92.15	365.30	39.00	0.4685	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
92.15	365.30	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
93.25	366.40	-	-	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
93.25	366.40	50.01	0.5797	Nitromethane-rich phase
93.65	366.80	45.02	0.5303	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
93.65	366.80	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
93.65	366.80	47.5	0.555	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
93.65	366.80	47.5	0.555 (UCST)	Nitromethane-rich phase

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method of Alekseev ¹was used. No further details were reported.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; pure grade reagent; distilled through a column of 15 theoretical plates; n(20 °C, D) = 1.3819, d(20 °C) = 1138 g·L^-1.
   (2) Source not specified; pure grade reagent; distilled in a glass-packed fractionating column; n(20 °C, D) = 1.4263, d(20 °C) = 778.5 g·L^-1.

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).

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