Isothermal vapour-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data are reported at three temperatures, 333.15, 343.15 and 353.15K, for binary mixtures containing 1,2-dichloroethane with nitromethane or nitroethane. Use has been made of an ebulliometer which allows sampling from both phases in equilibrium. The experimental data were correlated using the Redlich-Kister, Wilson, NRTL and UNIQUAC excess Gibbs energy models by means of the maximum likelihood method, taking into account the vapour phase imperfection in terms of the second virial coefficients. Both systems are zeotropic and show positive deviations from ideal behaviour. The experimental VLE data are analysed in terms of the Modified UNIFAC (Do) model. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.