IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet 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 P2O5; 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.