IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with 1,4-Benzenediol (hydroquinone)

Components:
   (1) 1,4-Benzenediol (hydroquinone); C6H6O2; [123-31-9]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Chekhova, G.N., Dissertation, Novosibirsk Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, 1975.

Variables:
   Temperature = 229 K to 444 K

Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov and Nikolai V. Sazonov

Experimental Remarks:

   No region of liquid-liquid immiscibility was observed. A full solid-liquid phase diagram in mole percent over the specified temperature range was reported in the original publication. A eutectic was reported at –44.5 °C (228.7 K, compilers) at x1 = 0.975 (100 w1 = 93.6, compilers).

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Melting temperatures of acetonitrile (1) and 1,4-benzenediol (2) system
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1 (compiler) Mole Fraction x1
170.3443.50.00.000
169.9443.10.40.011
169.2442.41.90.049
166.5439.74.40.109
163.3436.56.50.157
161.2434.48.10.192
156.5429.710.50.240
156.0429.210.80.246
149.1422.316.20.341
142.0415.219.60.396
134.0407.223.70.454
124.1397.329.00.523
103.7376.939.30.625
97.5370.744.10.679
91.1364.348.90.720
89.8363.050.70.734
70.1343.365.00.833
50.0323.276.10.895
20.0293.288.10.952
-44.5228.793.60.975
-43.3229.998.90.996
-42.2231.0100.01.000
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method was used. Solutions of various compositions were located in glass vessels and placed in a cooling mixture. The change of temperature was measured by the thermocouple. No experimental details given.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; for chromatography; not purified; melting point = –42.2 °C.
   (2) Source not specified; purified by the recrystallization; melting point = 170.3 °C.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ± 0.2 K.