Thermodynamics of autoionization of aqueous tetrahydrofuran and 1,2-dimethoxyethane and the structuredness of solvents

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (22) ◽  
pp. 3141-3148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayati Datta ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Mixed Solvents ◽  
Relative Size ◽  
Water Structure ◽  
Aqueous Mixtures ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Emf Measurements ◽  
Energy Data ◽  
Size And Shape ◽  
Relative Free Energy

Autoionization constants (Ks) of aqueous mixtures of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) containing 10, 30, and 50 wt.% cosolvent in each case have been determined from emf measurements of the cell: Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)|KOH (m1), KBr (m2), solvent|AgBr, Ag at seven equidistant temperatures ranging from 5 to 35 °C. The standard free energies (ΔG0), entropies (ΔS0), and enthalpies (ΔH0) of autoionization of the solvents were also evaluated from these data. Relative free energy data, δΔG0(≡sΔG0 − wΔG0), for these solvents as well as those for dioxane (D) – water mixtures taken from the literature, when coupled with the previously determined transfer free energies of H+, ΔGt0(H+), yielded ΔGt0(OH−)app (≡ΔGt0(OH−) − ΔGt0(H2O)) values in the mixed solvents. Relative magnitudes of ΔGt0(H+) and ΔGt0(OH−)app and their non-Born parts, ΔGt,ch0(H+) and ΔGt,ch0(OH−)app in particular, suggest that the "basicity" of these aqueous cosolvents decreases in the order DME > THF > D and their "acidity" in the reverse order, as expected from structural and electronic consideration of these cosolvent molecules. Analysis of the relative entropie contributions, Tδ (ΔS0) (≡T (sΔS0 − wΔS0), for the autoionization of these aqueous cosolvents and in particular ΔSt0(H2O) values derived there from, suggests that while THF promotes three dimenstional (3D) ice-like water structures at initial compositions and D induces breakdown of the 3D structures right from the beginning, DME breaks down water structures at initial compositions, but induces some order around 4–14 mol% DME by forming the possible H-bonded bidentate DME–water complexes. And beyond certain compositions, depending upon the relative size and shape, all the cosolvents break down water structure due to packing imbalance.

Free energies and entropies of transfer of hydrogen halides from water to aqueous 2-methoxy ethanol and structuredness of the solvents

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 798-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabir K. Guha ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Dielectric Constant ◽  
Mixed Solvents ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Halide Ions ◽  
Aqueous Mixtures ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Hydrogen Halides ◽  
Emf Measurements ◽  
Composition Profiles ◽  
The Individual

Standard free energies (ΔGt0) and entropies (ΔSt0) of transfer of HBr and HI from water to some aqueous solutions of 2-methoxy ethanol (ME) have been determined from emf measurements of the cells: Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/HBr (m), solvent/AgBr–Ag and Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/KOH (m1), KI (m2), solvent/AgI–Ag, respectively, at seven equidistant temperatures ranging from 15 to 45 °C. ΔGt0 values of HBr and HI as well as of HCl obtained from literature, and particularly that of the individual ions obtained by tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylboron (TATB) assumption, suggest that while H+ is increasingly stabilized by cosolvent-induced larger "basicity", halide ions (X−) are increasingly destabilized by cosolvent-induced decreased "acidity" and the dielectric constant of the mixed solvents compared to that of water. Analysis of the variation of the observed TΔSt0(HX) and particularly of ΔY (= TΔSt0(H+) + TΔS0t.ch (X−), with composition, in the light of Kundu etal's semi-quantitative theory reveals that ME induces breakdown of three dimensional (3D) tetrahedral structures of water at water-rich compositions. This is being followed by an ordered region due to possible H-bonded cosolvent–water complexation and then the usual disordered region due to packing imbalance. Comparison of ΔY(HI)–composition profiles for aqueous mixtures of t-butanol (ButOH), ethylene glycol (EG), and 1,2-dimethoxy ethane (DME) also demonstrates that the remarkable enhancement of 3D water structures by the well known structure promoter ButOH gets succintly diminished when cosolvent ButOH is replaced by EG, ME, and DME, as is expected from structural and electronic considerations of the cosolvents.

Ionization of ethylene glycol in isodielectric acetonitrile + ethylene glycol mixtures at 25 °C

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (18) ◽  
pp. 2470-2475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumardev Bose ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Mixed Solvents ◽  
Solvent Composition ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Emf Measurements ◽  
Free Energies Of Transfer ◽  
Mixed Systems

The autoprotolysis constants (Ksm) of ethylene glycol in isodielectric acetonitrile + ethylene glycol mixtures have been determined at 25 °C from emf measurements on the cell[Formula: see text]From these values, those of δΔG0, the free energy of ionization of ethylene glycol in these mixed solvents relative to that in pure glycol, have been computed. The nature of variation of δΔG0 with solvent composition has been compared with that in two other mixed systems: water + ethylene glycol and methanol + 1,2-propanediol and the intrinsic differences between the solvation characteristics of the various solvents have been pointed out. The standard free energies of transfer of the glycoxide ion, ΔGt0(OEg−), from pure glycol to acetonitrile + glycol mixtures have also been estimated using ΔGt0(H+) values obtained earlier. The glycoxide ion is increasingly desolvated as the acetonitrile content of the solvent increases, as indicated by increasingly positive values of ΔGt0(OEg−). This behaviour has been compared with those of ΔGt0(H+) and ΔGt0(Cl−) determined previously.

Thermodynamics of autoionization of 2-methoxy ethanol + water mixtures and structuredness of the solvents

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 804-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabir K. Guha ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Dielectric Constant ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Mixed Solvents ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Aqueous Mixtures ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Acid Base ◽  
Emf Measurements ◽  
Structure Breaking

Standard free energies (ΔG0) and entropies (ΔS0) of autoionization of aqueous mixtures of 10, 30, 50, and 70 wt.% of 2-methoxy ethanol (ME) have been evaluated from the autoionization constants (Ks) of the solvents as determined from emf measurements of the cell Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/KOH (m1), KBr (m2), solvent/AgBr–Ag at seven equidistant temperatures ranging from 15 to 45 °C. The observed increase in pKs and the related δ(ΔG0) (= sΔG0 − wΔG0) has been ascribed to be the effect of decreased dielectric constant, increased basicity and decreased acidity of the mixed solvents compared to that of water. Analysis of relative entropic contributions of autoionization, Tδ(ΔS0) (= T(sΔS0 − wΔS0)) and their chemical part, Tδ(ΔS0)ch in the aqueous mixtures of ME as well as the closely related cosolvents like ethylene glycol (EG) and 1,2-dimethoxy ethane (DME), appears to suggest that unlike EG but like DME, ME has an overall structure breaking propensity of three dimensional (3D) tetrahedral structures of water. But the transfer entropies of water ΔSt0(H2O) derived thereof, for these cosolvents suggest that while the structural changes induced by protic EG are seemingly obseured due to the involved multiple acid-base equilibria with water, and that by aprotic DME are disturbed by the formation of strong hydrogen-bonded DME–H2O complexes around 4–14 mol% DME, quasi-aprotic ME appears to induce some order due to the possible formation of H-bonded ME–water complexes around 10–15 mol% ME.

Gibbs energies of transfer of individual ions from water to acetone + water solvents

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 1268-1273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Mohamad Elsemongy ◽  
Ahmed Ahmed Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
Glass Electrode ◽  
Aqueous Mixtures ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Emf Measurements ◽  
Gibbs Energies ◽  
Electrode Potentials ◽  
Gibbs Energies Of Transfer ◽  
Acetone Water ◽  
Alkali Metal Halides ◽  
Dipolar Aprotic Solvents

The standard absolute potentials of hydrogen, Ag–AgX (X = Cl, Br, and I) and M/M+ (M = Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs) electrodes in nine different acetone + water solvents containing up to 80 wt. % acetone were determined from the emf data at 25 °C of the cells: glass electrode/HCl (m), solvent/AgCl–Ag and glass electrode (M)/MX (m), solvent/AgX–Ag. The standard Gibbs free energies of a transfer of halogen acids and alkali metal halides as well as their constituent individual ions from water to the respective solvents were computed. The observed increases in [Formula: see text] values of all ions with increasing acetone content of the solvent and their relative order in each solvent were interpreted and discussed. A comparison of the present results with those obtained earlier in the dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) + water solvents shows the different nature of the two dipolar aprotic solvents, acetone and DMSO, in their aqueous mixtures. Keywords: acetone + water solvents, electrode potentials, emf measurements, individual ions, transfer free energies.

Solvent effect on the dissociation of p-nitroanilinium ion in glycerol–water media at 25 °C

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 2245-2248
Author(s):  
Amrita Lal De ◽  
Tapas Kumar De
Keyword(s):  
Solvent Effect ◽  
Dissociation Constants ◽  
Mixed Solvents ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Aqueous Mixtures ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Monohydric Alcohol ◽  
Glycerol Water ◽  
Alcohol Water ◽  
The Individual

Thermodynamic dissociation constants (sK) of p-nitroanilinium ion (BH+) have been determined at 25 °C in aqueous mixtures of 10, 30, 50, 70, and 90 wt.% of glycerol (GL) by spectrophotometric measurements. Standard free energies, [Formula: see text], of p-nitroaniline (B) from water to mixed solvents have been evaluated from the measurement of solubilities at 25 °C. p(sK) values decrease with increase in mol% of GL and pass through a minimum and then increase very slowly. The solvent effect on the dissociation, δ(ΔG0) = 2.303RT [p(sK)N – p(wK)N] has been discussed in terms of the standard free energies of transfer [Formula: see text] from water to aqueous mixtures of GL of the uncharged base (B), the hydrochloride of the base (BHCl), hydrochloric acid (HCl), and also in terms of the individual species involved in the dissociation process. The solvent effect in trihydric alcohol – water (GL + H2O) system has been compared with those in dihydric alcohol – water (ethylene glycol + water) and monohydric alcohol – water (ethanol + water) systems available from literature. The much less solvent effect in GL + H2O has been primarily attributed to the contrasting nature of interaction of H+ and of partially charged H atoms of—NH3+ group in BH+ compared to those in other two solvent systems.

Transfer free energies of alkali metal chlorides and of some individual ions in glycerol and water mixtures

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indra N. Basumullick ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Alkali Metal ◽  
Aqueous Mixtures ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Dispersion Interactions ◽  
Native Conformation ◽  
Alkali Metal Chlorides ◽  
Metal Chlorides ◽  
Emf Measurements ◽  
Reference Electrolyte ◽  
Electrolyte Ph

Staqndard free energies of transfer, ΔGt0, of alkali metal chlorides from water to aqueous mixtures of 10, 30, 50, and 70 wt.% glycerol have been determined from emf measurements of the double cell comprising Ag– AgCl and K(Hg) electrodes at 25°C. These values were divided into individual ion contributions by use of tetraphenyl arsonium tetraphenyl boride (Ph4AsBPh4) assumption, the required ΔGt0 values of the reference electrolyte (Ph4AsPh4B), obtained by measuring solubilities of KBPh4, Ph4AsPi, and KPi (Pi = picrate) in the solvents. The solvation behaviour of the involved ions, as dictated by their respective ΔGt0(i) values, in this as well as in systems of other similar co-solvents like ethanol, ethylene glycol, and urea, suggests that it is determined by one or several effects of acid-base, Born-type, and dispersion interactions. Moreover, comparable stability of PH4B–, particularly in aqueous glycerol and urea, suggests that "specific interactions" are possibly responsible for the well_known folding-unfolding phenomenon of native conformation of proteins in presence of co-solvents.

Molar excess Gibbs free energies of benzene – m-xylene mixtures

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 539-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Boublík ◽  
G. C. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Excess Free Energy ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Energy Data ◽  
Molar Excess ◽  
Polar Mixtures ◽  
Vapor Liquid Equilibria ◽  
Flory’S Theory ◽  
Vapor Liquid

Vapor–liquid equilibria for the system benzene – m-xylene were measured in a circulation still at 25, 37, and 50 °C. Excess free energy data were analyzed in terms of Flory's theory of non-polar mixtures.

scholarly journals The behaviour of electrolytes in mixed solvents. Part IV.—The free energy of zinc chloride in water-alcohol solutions

1932 ◽  
Vol 138 (835) ◽  
pp. 450-459 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Hydrogen Chloride ◽  
Zinc Chloride ◽  
Electromotive Force ◽  
Mixed Solvents ◽  
Heat Content ◽  
Strong Electrolyte ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Weak Electrolyte ◽  
Water Alcohol

In Part I of this series were described measurements of the free energy and heat content of hydrogen chloride in a series of water-alcohol mixtures. It appeared to be very desirable to find if the behaviour shown by hydrogen chloride is typical of that of strong electrolytes in general. For this purpose an attempt was made in the first place to determine the free energies of lithium chloride in these solvents, using amalgam electrodes. Preliminary measurements showed that even Under rigidly air-free conditions reproducible values of the electromotive forces of cells containing lithium amalgams could not be obtained in alcohol solutions. Similar experiences with sodium amalgams have been reported from the Balliol College Laboratory, while Scatchard has also experienced similar difficulties with calcium amalgams. It appeared that zinc chloride might be suitable, for when proper precautions are taken for the with zinc amalgam in aqueous solutions. The conductivities show that zinc chloride is a strong electrolyte in aqueous solution, and although several investigators have found that their product hydrolysed to give turbid solutions in water, we had no difficulty in obtaining a salt which gave perfectly clear solutions at all dilutions. The conductivity measurements of Getman and Gibbons, which show that in alcoholic solution zinc chloride is an extremely weak electrolyte, escaped our notice at the beginning of this work. But although on this account the behaviour of zinc chloride does not extend our knowledge of the properties of completely ionised substances in mixed solvents, it has proved to be an interesting case showing in the range of solvents investigated the transition from a strong to an exceedingly weak electrolyte. The free energies were determined by measuring the electromotive force of cells of the type Zn 1 percent. amalgam | ZnCl 2 , ( m ) Alcohol, N mols. per cent. AgCl( s ) | Ag The free energy change in the cell reaction, viz., Zn (Hg) + 2AgCl( s ) = ZnCl 2 ( m , N) + 2Ag, is given by ∆F = - 2 EF = - 46148E calories, where E is the electromotive force and F the electrochemical equivalent. The electromotive forces were determined in solvents containing 0, 25, 50, 90 and 100 mols. per cent, alcohol, each for a range of salt concentrations from about m = 0⋅01 to m = 1, at 15 ± 0⋅02°. It was originally intended to make a similar series of measurements also at 25°, in order to evaluate the heat content changes, but the reproducibility of the results in solutions containing large proportions of alcohol did not warrant this extension.

scholarly journals The Automated Optimisation of a Coarse-Grained Force Field Using Free Energy Data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Caceres-Delpiano ◽  
Lee-Ping Wang ◽  
Jonathan W. Essex
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Force Field ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Energy Data ◽  
Molecular Systems ◽  
Atomistic Models ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Long Timescales

AbstractAtomistic models provide a detailed representation of molecular systems, but are sometimes inadequate for simulations of large systems over long timescales. Coarse-grained models enable accelerated simulations by reducing the number of degrees of freedom, at the cost of reduced accuracy. New optimisation processes to parameterise these models could improve their quality and range of applicability. We present an automated approach for the optimisation of coarse-grained force fields, by reproducing free energy data derived from atomistic molecular simulations. To illustrate the approach, we implemented hydration free energy gradients as a new target for force field optimisation in ForceBalance and applied it successfully to optimise the un-charged side-chains and the protein backbone in the SIRAH protein coarse-grain force field. The optimised parameters closely reproduced hydration free energies of atomistic models and gave improved agreement with experiment.

Determination of absolute transfer free energies of hydroxyl ion from water to aqueous 2-methoxy ethanol

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 1153-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhijit Bhattacharya ◽  
Asim K. Das ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Mixed Solvents ◽  
Aqueous Mixtures ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Free Energies Of Transfer ◽  
Hydroxyl Ion ◽  
Relative Stabilization ◽  
Solvent Systems ◽  
Reference Electrolyte

Absolute standard free energies of transfer ΔGt0 of OH− from water to aqueous mixtures of 2-methoxy ethanol (ME) have been evaluated at 298.15 K by combining the apparent transfer free energies of the lyate ion that were obtained from the standard emf's of the double cell:[Formula: see text]and that from the autoionization constants of these mixed solvents determined by use of the cell comprising H2– and Ag–AgCl electrodes. The required ΔGt0 values of K+ and H+ were determined earlier using the well-known tetraphenyl arsonium tetraphenyl boride (TATB) reference electrolyte method. These values and their non-Born type contributions in particular, are found to be increasingly positive in water-rich compositions, indicating that the relative stabilization of OH− and the acidity of the mixed solvents decrease with increasing cosolvent composition. These, when compared with those in aqueous mixtures of ethylene glycol and 1,2-dimethoxy ethane, are found to lie intermediate between the latter solvent systems conforming to what is expected from the structural and electronic features of the cosolvents.

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