IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Methyl hexadecanoate

Components:
   (1) Methyl hexadecanoate; C17H34O2; [112-39-0]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Sedgwick, R.S.; Hoerr, C.W.; Harwood, H.J., J. Org. Chem. 17, 327 (1952).

Variables:
   Temperature = 273 K to 304 K

Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov

Experimental Remarks:

   The solubilities of acetonitrile (1) and methyl hexadecanoate (2) in mass percent including the region of immisciblity over the indicated temperature range were reported in graphical form and in a table. Monotectic equilibrium occurs at 23.3 °C (296.5 K, compiler). The upper critical solution temperature was reported to be 31.0 °C (304.2 K, compiler).

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Mutual solubility of acetonitrile (1) and methyl hexadecanoate (2)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1g2/100 g solutionMole Fraction x1 (compiler)Comment(s)
0.0273.2-<0.1-Ester-rich phase
10.0283.2-0.9-Ester-rich phase
10.2 (c)283.4---Ester-rich phase
15.0 (c)288.2---Ester-rich phase
19.9 (c)293.1---Ester-rich phase
20.0293.2-7.1-Ester-rich phase
22.1 (c)295.3---Ester-rich phase
23.5 (c)296.729.8 (b)-0.737Ester-rich phase
24.2 (c)297.417.3 (a)-0.580Ester-rich phase
25.3 (c)298.58.4 (a)-0.377Ester-rich phase
25.8 (c)299.0---Ester-rich phase
27.4 (c)299.634.0 (b)-0.772Ester-rich phase
29.0 (c)302.2---Ester-rich phase
30.0303.2-42.5-Ester-rich phase
30.7 (c)303.945.2 (b)-0.845Ester-rich phase
0.0273.2> 99.9 (a)<0.10.999Acetonitrile-rich phase
10.0283.299.1 (a)0.90.998Acetonitrile-rich phase
10.2 (c)283.499.0 (a)-0.998Acetonitrile-rich phase
15.0 (c)288.297.6 (a)-0.996Acetonitrile-rich phase
19.9 (c)293.194.5 (a)-0.991Acetonitrile-rich phase
20.0293.293.4 (a)7.10.989Acetonitrile-rich phase
22.1 (c)295.390.0 (a)-0.983Acetonitrile-rich phase
23.5 (c)296.7---Acetonitrile-rich phase
24.2 (c)297.4---Acetonitrile-rich phase
25.3 (c)298.5---Acetonitrile-rich phase
25.8 (c)299.083.1 (b)-0.970Acetonitrile-rich phase
27.4 (c)299.6---Acetonitrile-rich phase
29.0 (c)302.276.7 (b)-0.956Acetonitrile-rich phase
30.0303.270.2 (b)42.50.940Acetonitrile-rich phase
30.7 (c)303.962.0 (b)-0.915Acetonitrile-rich phase
Notes:
   a  Solid-liquid equilibrium.
   b  Liquid-liquid equilibrium.
   c  These data were extracted by the compiler from the published graphs.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method was used. The solubilities were determined by observing visually the temperature at which crystals appear upon cooling and dissolve upon heating solutions containing known concentrations of solutes. The procedure and equipment were described elsewhere.1

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; best grade; freshly distilled.
   (2) Prepared by direct esterification of highly purified fatty acid with the appropriate alcohol; fractionated under a vacuum in a Stedman-packed column; freezing point = 28.90 °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).