IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Pentadecanoic acid
Components:
   (1) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Pentadecanoic acid; C15H30O2; [1002-84-2]  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 323 K

 Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubilities of pentadecanoic 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 pentadecanoic acid (2) in acetonitrile (1)
t/°CT/Kg2/100 g solution102 * Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
0.0273.20.40.40.0007
10.0283.20.50.50.0009
20.0293.21.11.10.0019
23.8*297.0-1.30.0022
30.0303.22.92.80.0049
38.6*311.8-7.30.013
40.0313.210.59.50.018
43.3*316.5-17.70.0351
44.0*317.2-25.50.0548
44.8*318.0-49.00.140
45.0*318.2-71.40.297
47.2*320.4-88.20.559
50.0323.2246096.10.807
 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 = 52.54 °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).