IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Dodecanoic acid

Components:
   (1) Dodecanoic acid; C12H24O2; [143-07-7]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  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 314 K

Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov

Experimental Remarks:

   The solubilities of dodecanoic 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 dodecanoic acid  (2) in acetonitrile (1)
t/°CT/Kg2/100 g solution102 * Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
0.0273.22.12.10.0044
8.6*281.8-2.50.0052
10.0283.22.82.70.0057
14.3*287.5-4.00.0085
20.0293.27.67.10.015
21.6*294.8-8.10.018
28.0*301.2-15.00.0349
30.0303.224.419.60.0476
30.3*303.5-20.30.0496
33.8*307.0-34.40.0970
34.5*307.7-41.50.127
35.8*309.0-55.80.206
36.3*309.5-66.30.287
37.2*310.4-80.90.465
39.1*312.3-90.40.659
40.0313.2154093.90.759
40.5*313.7-95.00.796
Notes:
   *  These data were extracted by the compiler 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 = 43.92 °C.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not specified.
   Temperature: Not specified.

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).