Group contributions to enthalpies of solvation in octan-1-ol and di-n-butyl ether

The standard enthalpies of solvation of selected n-alkanes (hexane, heptane, nonane, decane, dodecane, hexadecane) and aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene) in 1-octanol and di-n-butyl ether (DBE) have been determined at 298.15K from experimental heats of solution. The values obtained, together with the data collected from literature, form a dataset of 89 and 59 enthalpies of solvation in 1-octanol and di-n-butyl ether, respectively. The data have been employed for setting up a group contributions scheme to the enthalpies of solvation of organic compounds in the two solvents. Two different methods, the first based on a multiple regression analysis, the second consisting by a step procedure which takes the n-alkanes as reference compounds, have been used to calculate the values of the contributions. The different results obtained with these approaches have been compared and discussed

Aggregation of Cesium Perfluorooctanoate on Poly(ethylene glycol) Oligomers in Water

The interaction of cesium perfluorooctanoate (CsPFO) with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) of different molecular weight (300 e MW e 20000 Da) has been investigated at 298.15 K by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), density, viscosity, and conductivity measurements. Calorimetric titrations exhibited peculiar trends analogous to those already observed for sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Micelles of the perfluorosurfactant, as compared to those of SDS, yield complexes with the polymer of similar thermodynamic stability but are able to interact with shorter PEG oligomers. The average number of surfactant molecules bonded per polymer chain at the saturation is about twice that observed for SDS. ITC data at 308.15 K indicate a larger thermodynamic stability of the aggregates but an almost constant stoichiometry. The peculiar thermal effects and the viscosity trend observed during the titration of an aqueous PEG solution with the surfactant appear consistent with a conformational change of the polymer. The PEG chain would evolve from a strained to an expanded conformation, induced by the growing of the surfactant micellar clusters bonded to the polymer, as suggested in a previous study of the PEG/SDS/H2O system