Microwave dielectric relaxation spectroscopy study of alkan-1-ol/alkylbenzoate binary solvents.

The structure and dynamics of alkan-1-ol/alkylbenzoate binary mixtures have been studied by microwave dielectric relaxation spectroscopy in the 200 MHz to 20 GHz frequency range. The binary mixtures of methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, butan-1-ol, and pentan-1-ol with methyl, ethyl, propyl, and butyl benzoates were studied at 298.15 K.

Heat capacity behavior and structure of alkan-1-ol/alkylbenzoate binary solvents.

Heat capacities for the binary mixtures of methanol with (C(1)-C(4)) alkylbenzoates and methylbenzoate with (C(1)-C(11)) alkan-1-ols have been measured over the whole composition range at 298.15 K under atmospheric pressure. From the experimental measurements, the derived excess molar heat capacities and partial excess molar heat capacities at infinite dilution have been calculated.

Preferential solvation in alkan-1-ol/alkylbenzoate binary mixtures by solvatochromic probes.

The binary mixtures of methanol with (C(1)-C(4)) alkylbenzoates and of (C(1), C(3), C(5), C(7), C(9), C(11)) alkan-1-ols with methylbenzoate were used as solvents to look into the preferential solvation and intermolecular interactions of the solvatochromic indicators 2-nitroanisole, 4-nitroaniline, 4-nitrophenol, and Reichardt's dye by UV-vis measurements. The experimental data at 298.15 K have served to deduce the corresponding Reichardt and Kamlet-Taft parameters of the mixed solvents.

Phosphine and thiophene cyclopalladated complexes: hydrolysis reactions in strong acidic media.

The mechanisms for the hydrolysis of organopalladium complexes [Pd(CNN)R]BF(4) (R=P(OPh)(3), PPh(3), and SC(4)H(8)) were investigated at 25 °C by using UV/Vis absorbance measurements in 10 % v/v ethanol/water mixtures containing different sulphuric acid concentrations in the 1.3-11.7 M range.

Evaluation of proton activity in microemulsions by a kinetic probe.

The decomposition reaction of the purple dye murexide in acidic media is used as a probe indicator for protons in nonionic microemulsions. The reaction kinetics primarily rely on the proton concentration and permit assessment of the proton activity in the nonionic microemulsions of water/cyclohexane/Igepal and water/heptane/Igepal. The experiments performed in the two microemulsions covered a wide range of water-to-oil mass fraction for the two systems.

Hydrolysis mechanisms for the organopalladium complex [Pd(CNN)P(OMe)3]BF4 in sulfuric acid.

The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the organopalladium complex [Pd(CNN)P(OMe)3]BF4 species was monitored spectrophotometrically at different sulfuric acid concentrations (3.9 and 11.0 M) in 10% v:v ethanol-water over the 25-45 degrees C temperature range and in 30% and 50% (v/v) ethanol-water at 25 degrees C.