IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: 2-Methyl-1-propanol with Benzene and Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) 2-Methyl-1-propanol (isobutyl alcohol); C4H10O; [78-83-1]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Benzene; C6H6; [71-43-2]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Evaluator:
   A. Skrzecz, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (1997.05)

Critical Evaluation:

      A survey of reported compositions along the saturation curve (sat), and compositions of coexisting phases in equilibrium (eq.) for the system 2-methyl-1-propanol-benzene-water is given in Table 66.

Saturation curve
   The ternary system 2-methyl-1-propanol-benzene-water forms a miscibility gap of type 2. Two binary systems, benzene-water and 2-methyl-1-propanol-water, form miscibility gaps. These binary systems were compiled and critically evaluated in previously published SDS volumes, Refs. 3 and 4, respectively. These recommended values of mutual solubility at 298 K are x'2=0.9970, x"2=0.000 409 for benzene-water system, and x'1=0.548, x=0.021 for 2-methyl-1-propanol-water system. The tie lines and experimental points along the saturation curve reported by Alberty and Washburn1 are consistent with one another. The reported mutual solubility of the 2-methyl-1-propanol-water system x'1=0.5425 and x"1=0.0208 are in good agreement with the recommended values. Data of Letcher et al.2 were reported in graphical form only and therefore are not compiled. The maximum alcohol concentration on the binodal curve at 298 K, x1=0.55,1 is consistent with the results of Alberty and Washburn,1 x1=0.558. The experimental tie lines at 298.2 K, Ref. 1, are presented in Fig. 34 together with the experimental points along the saturation curve.

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)

TABLE 66. Summary of experimental data for the system 2-methyl-propanol-benzene-water
AuthorT/KDataTypeReference
Alberty and Washburn, 1945298sat. (14), eq. (10)1
Letcher et al., 1990298sat. (13), eq. (4)2
View Figure 1 for this Evaluation

Notes:
Table 66  Number of experimental points in parentheses.

References: (Click a link to see its experimental data associated with the reference)

   1  Alberty, R.A.; Washburn, E.R., J. Phys. Chem. 49, 4 (1945).
   2  Letcher, T.M.; Sewry, J.; Radloff, S., S. Afr. J. Chem. 43, 56 (1990).
   3  Shaw, D.G., ed., Solubility Data Series, Vol. 37, Hydrocarbons with Water and Seawater, Part I: Hydrocarbons C5 to C7 (Pergamon, New York, 1989).
   4  Barton, A.F. M., ed., Solubility Data Series, Vol. 15, Alcohols with Water (Pergamon, New York 1984).