IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: tert-Butylbenzene with Water
Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) tert-Butylbenzene; C10H14; [98-06-6]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Evaluator:
   G.T. Hefter, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, W.A., Australia.
A. Maczynski, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland. February 1986.

 Critical Evaluation:
   Quantitative solubility data for the tert-butylbenzene (1) – water (2) system have been reported in the publications listed in Table 1.

The original data in all of the above publications are compiled in the Data Sheets immediately following this Critical Evaluation. For convenience further discussion of this system will be divided into two parts.


1. SOLUBILTY OF TERT-BUTYLBENZENE (1) IN WATER (2)

The two reported solubility of tert-butybenzene in water are in reasonable agreement (2).
2. SOLUBILTY OF WATER (2) IN TERT-BUTYBENZENE (1)

As only the solubility values of Englin et al. (ref 2) are available no Critical Evaluation is possible. However, it may be noted that the data of Englin et al. are generally reliable T < 300K but somewhat to high at greater temperatures. The interested user is referred to the relevant Data Sheet for experimental values.



 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
Table 1. Solubility Studies of the tert-Butylbenzene (1) - Water (2) System
AuthorT/KReferenceSolubilityMethod
Andrews and Keefer2981(1) in (2)spectrophotometric
Englin et al.283-3032(2) in (1)analytical
Sutton and Calder2983(1) in (2)GLC
Table 2. Tentative Value of the Solubility of tert-Buylbenzene (1) in Water (2)
T/KReferenceSol. PowerSolubilityBest Sol. PowerBest SolubilityBest Sol. Notex1 Powerx1x1 Note
2981, 333.4, 2.95 g(1)/100g sln33.2 ± 0.2 g(1)/100g slna64.3a
 Notes:
Table 2a  Obtained by averaging, σn has no statistical significance.

 References: (Click a link to see its experimental data associated with the reference)
   1  Andrews, L.J.; Keefer, R.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1950, 72, 5034-7.
   2  Englin, B.A.; Plate, A.F.; Tugolukov, V.M. Pryanishnikova, M.A., Khim. Tekhnol. Topl. Masel 1965, 10, 42-6.
   3  Sutton, C.; Calder, J.A., J. Chem. Eng. Data 1975, 20, 320-2.