Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol.50, No.1, 191-195, 2005
Excess properties of binary mixtures of esters of carbonic acid plus three aryl alcohols at 308.15 K
Excess molar enthalpies, H-m(E), and excess molar volumes, V-m(E), of binary mixtures containing dimethyl carbonate, or diethyl carbonate, or propylene carbonate + benzyl alcohol, + 2-phenylethyl alcohol, and + 3-phenyl-1-propyl alcohol have been studied over the entire range of composition at 308.15 K and at atmospheric pressure using a flow microcalorimeter and a digital density meter. The H. values are positive, increasing as the chain length of aryl alcohol increases and showing a maximum varying from 1040 J(.)mol(-1) (diethyl carbonate + benzyl alcohol) up to 1730 J(.)mol(-1) (dimethyl carbonate + 3-phenyl-1-propyl alcohol). V-m(E) values are negative or positive with no definite trend. The mixture containing propylene carbonate + 2-phenylethyl alcohol shows an inversion of sign. All V-m(E) curves for mixtures containing dimethyl carbonate and diethyl carbonate are quasi-symmetrical, whereas those containing propylene carbonate are asymmetrical. Results were fitted to the Redlich-Kister polynomial. The results are qualitatively discussed in terms of molecular interactions.