IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitroethane with Octanoic acid
Components:
   (1) Nitroethane; C2H5NO2; [79-24-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Octanoic acid; C8H16O2; [124-07-2]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Hoerr, C.W.; Ralston, A.W., J. Org. Chem. 9, 329-37 (1944).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 273 K and 283 K

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

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of octanoic acid (2) in nitroethane (1)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)g2/g1Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
0.0273.220.125.2 x 1020.116
10.0283.288.8790 x 1020.804
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method, as described in Hoerr et al.1 was used. No details were reported.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; purified according to Hoerr et al.1 (dried and twice distilled).
   (2) Source not specified; purified according to Pool and Ralston;2 f. p. = 16.3°C.

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

 References:
   1 C. W. Hoerr, E. F. Binkerd, W. O. Pool, and A. W. Ralston, J. Org. Chem. 9, 68 (1944)
   2 W. O. Pool and A. W. Ralston, Ind. Eng. Chem. 34, 1104 (1942).