IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Tetradecanoic acid

Components:
   (1) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Tetradecanoic acid; C14H28O2; [544-63-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Hoerr, C.W.; Ralston, A.W., J. Org. Chem. 9, 329-37 (1944).

Variables:
   Temperature = 273 K to 323 K

Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov

Experimental Remarks:

   The solubilities of tetradecanoic acid (2) in acetonitrile (1) in mass percent over the indicated temperature range were reported in graphical form and in a table.

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of tetradecanoic acid (2) in acetonitrile (1)
t/°CT/Kg2/100 g solution102 * Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
0.0273.20.70.70.001
10.0283.20.90.90.0016
12.0*285.2-1.10.0020
20.0293.21.81.80.0033
30.0303.24.13.90.0072
32.0*305.2-4.60.0086
40.0313.213.011.50.0228
41.6*314.8-14.10.0287
44.5*317.7-23.50.0523
45.0*318.2-29.60.0703
45.7*318.9-42.70.118
46.5*319.7-70.60.302
48.0*321.2-80.70.429
49.2*322.4-88.30.576
50.0323.2121092.40.686
Notes:
   *  The compiler extracted these data from the published graphs.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method, as described elsewhere,1 was used. No details were reported.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; purity not specified; dried and twice distilled.
   (2) Source not specified; purified according to Pool and Ralston2; freezing point = 54.15 °C.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not specified.
   Temperature: Not specified.

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).