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IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106
Solubility System:
Acetonitrile with 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane
Components:
(1) 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane; C8H18; [540-84-1]
NIST Chemistry WebBook
for detail
(2) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]
NIST Chemistry WebBook
for detail
Original Measurements:
Cornish, R.E.; Archibald, R.C.; Murphy, E.A.; Evans, H.M., Ind. Eng. Chem. 26, 397 (1934).
Variables:
Temperature = 354 K
Prepared By:
Valerii P. Sazonov
Experimental Remarks:
The upper critical solution temperature (UCST) was reported to be 81.0 °C (354.2 K, compiler).
Experimental Data:
(Notes on the Nomenclature)
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
The synthetic method was used. Determinations were made in test tubes, which were heated and allowed to cool slowly in air. Thermometers were roughly calibrated.
Source and Purity of Materials:
(1) Prepared from sodium cyanide and dimethyl sulfate; the crude product was distilled and successively washed with solid sodium hydroxide and P
2
O
5
; carefully fractionated in a 6.09-meter column;
d
(20 °C,4 °C)=0.78215.
(2) Source not specified; fractionated in a 6.09-meter column; boiling point = (99.3 ± 0.05) °C, melting point = -(107.5 ± 0.5) °C;
n
(20 °C, D) = 1.391 62;
d
(20 °C,20 °C) = 0.693 14.
Estimated Errors:
Solubility: Not reported.
Temperature: Not reported.