IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Nonanoic acid
Components:
   (1) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Nonanoic acid; C9H18O2; [112-05-0]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Hoerr, C.W.; Ralston, A.W., J. Org. Chem. 9, 329-37 (1944).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 273 K to 283 K

 Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubilities of nonanoic acid (2) in acetonitrile (1) in mass percent over the indicated temperature range were reported in graphical form and in a table.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of nonanoic acid (2) in acetonitrile (1)
t/°CT/Kg2/100 g solution102 * Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
0.0273.25133.80.117
0.8*274.0-38.80.141
2.5*275.7-56.30.251
3.1*276.3-72.00.400
5.8*279.0-88.00.656
10.0283.2347097.20.900
 Notes:
   *  The compiler extracted these data from the published graphs.

 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method, as described elsewhere,1 was used. No details were reported.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; purity not specified; dried and twice distilled.
   (2) Source not specified; purified according to Pool and Ralston2; freezing point = 12.25 °C.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not reported.
   Temperature: Not reported.

 References:
   1. C. W. Hoerr, E. F. Binkerd, W. O. Pool, and A. W. Ralston, J. Org. Chem. 9, 68 (1944).
   2. W. O. Pool and A. W. Ralston, Ind. Eng. Chem. 34, 1104 (1942).