RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Liquid−Liquid Equilibria for 2‑Phenylethan-1-ol + Alkane Systems A1 Alonso Tristán, Cristina A1 González, Juan Antonio A1 García de la Fuente, Isaías A1 Sanz, Luis Felipe A1 Cobos, José Carlos . K1 Ingeniería química K1 Chemical engineering AB The liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) curves for 2-phenylethan-1-ol (2-phenylethanol, 2PhEtOH) + octane, + decane, + dodecane, + tetradecane or + 2,2,4-trimethylpentane have been determined by a method of turbidimetry using a laser scattering technique. Experimental results reveal that the systems are characterized by an upper critical solution temperature (UCST), which increases linearly with the number of C atoms of the n-alkane. In addition, the LLE curves have a rather horizontal top and become skewed to higher mole fractions of the n-alkane, when its size increases. For a given n-alkane, UCST decreases as follows: phenol > phenylmethanol > 2-PhEtOH, indicating that dipolar interactions decrease in the same sequence. This has been ascribed to a weakening in the same order of the proximity effects between the phenyl and OH groups of the aromatic alkanols. DISQUAC interaction parameters for OH/aliphatic and OH/aromatic contacts in the investigated systems are reported. Phenol, or phenylmethanol or 2-PhEtOH, + n-alkane mixtures only differ by the first dispersive Gibbs energy interaction parameter for the (OH/aliphatic) contact PB American Chemical Society SN 0021-9568 YR 2018 FD 2018-02 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/4951 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/4951 LA eng NO Junta de Castilla y León, under Project BU034U16 F. DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 25-abr-2024