IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Decanamide
Components:
   (1) Decanamide; C10H21NO; [2319-29-1]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Ralston, A.W.; Hoerr, C.W.; Pool, W.O., J. Org. Chem. 8, 473-88 (1943).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 283 K to 355 K

 Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov and Nikolai V. Sazonov

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubilities of decanamide (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 decanamide (2) in acetonitrile (1)
t/°CT/Kg2/100 g solution102 * Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
10.0283.20.50.50.001
23.6*296.8-1.10.003
30.0303.21.41.40.004
34.9*308.1-2.00.005
47.7*320.9-4.50.011
50.0323.26.05.70.014
59.1*332.3-10.50.027
60.0333.213.411.80.031
66.4*339.6-20.90.060
70.0343.244.530.80.096
73.2*346.4-39.10.133
81.1*354.3-61.40.276
82.0355.217864.00.299
10.0283.20.50.50.001
 Notes:
   *  The compiler extracted these data from the published graphs.

 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method was used. The solubilities of (2) in (1) were determined in sealed tubes by the method and apparatus described elsewhere.1,2

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; best grade reagent; dried and twice distilled.
   (2) Prepared by passing of ammonia through decanoic acid at 190 °C to 210 °C for 10 hours to 14 hours; purified by recrystallization; freezing point = 98.5 °C.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ± 0.2 K.

 References:
   1. A. W. Ralston, C. W. Hoerr, and E. J. Hoffman, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 64, 1516 (1942).
   2. C. W. Hoerr and A. W. Ralston, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 64, 2824 (1942).