Excess volumes of an alcohol + 1,2-dichloroethane

Abstract

Excess volumes for binary mixtures of 1,2-dichloroethane with n-propanol, n-butanol, n-pentanol, n-hexanol, n-heptanol, and n-octanol have been determined at 303.15 K. V E is positive over the whole range of composition in all the mixtures. However, it is noticed that the positive values of V E of mixtures of 1,2-dichloroethane with n-hexanol, n-heptanol, and n-octanol differ from those for the mixtures of 1,2-dichloroethane with corresponding alkanes. The difference has been explained in terms of the break up of hydrogen bonds, interstitial accommodation of 1,2-dichloroethane in alcohol aggregates, and possible hydrogen bond interaction of the type Cl … H—O between unlike molecules.