Free energies and entropies of transfer of hydrogen halides from water to aqueous solutions of tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, and 1,2-dimethoxyethane and the structuredness of the solvents

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (22) ◽  
pp. 3149-3156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayati Datta ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard free energies (ΔGt0) and entropies (ΔSt0) of transfer of hydrogen iodide from water to some aqueous solutions of tetrahydrofuran (THF), dioxane (D), and 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) have been determined by measuring the emf's of the cell: Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)|KOH (m1), KI (m2), solvent|AgI, Ag at seven equidistant temperatures ranging from 5 to 35 °C. In each of these ethereal solvent systems ΔGt0 values of HI, as well as of HCl and HBr obtained from the literature, and particularly of the individual ions, suggest that while H+ is increasingly stabilized, halide ions are increasingly destabilized due to the influence of cosolvent-induced larger "basicity" and smaller "acidity" of the mixed solvents compared to that of water, and both conformed to the expected order: D < THF < DME. Moreover, the relative order: Cl− > Br− > I− in all the solvent systems is ascribable to the combined effects of "acid–base" and "soft–soft" interactions and the superimposed quadrupolar interactions in the case of D and the charge transfer to solvent (CTTS) complexation effect, especially on I− in the case of THF. Analysis of the entropie contributions, TΔSt0, and particularly of the relative order of ΔY (≡TΔSt0(H+) + TΔSt,ch0(X−)) for X = Cl, Br, and I, in the light of the semi-quantitative theory proposed earlier by Kundu et al., reveals that at initial compositions, while THF promotes 3D structures of water, both D and DME break down the same; at higher compositions all the cosolvents disrupt the structure as usual due to packing imbalance. The nature and relative positions of ΔY–composition profiles also suggest that while increase of hydrophobic groups of the cosolvents increases the stabilization, increase in hydrophilicity or H-bonding sites decreases the stabilization of the 3D structure of water.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 798-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabir K. Guha ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

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.



1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (12) ◽  
pp. 2843-2848
Author(s):  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of transfer of hydrogen bromide and iodide from water to the aqueous 1, 2, and 4 m of sodium nitrate have been determined by measuring the emf's of the cell: Pt, H2(g, 1 atm)/KOH(m1), KX(m2), solvent/AgX–Ag where X = Br or I at five equidistant temperatures ranging from 15–35°C. [Formula: see text] values of HBr, HI as well as that of HCl obtained from earlier paper and particularly of the individual ions [Formula: see text](i), obtained by use of modified TATB assumption reported earlier and also [Formula: see text](i) obtained after correcting for "cavity" effect and Born-type electrostatic effect estimated tentatively by the scaled particle theory (SPT) and simple Bom equation, respectively, reveal the relative order of stabilisation of Cl−, Br−, and I− ions. Analysis of [Formula: see text]–composition profile (X = Cl, Br, and I) exhibits a characteristic "maxima" around 1.5 m NaNO3 with the relative order HI > HBr > HCl in the region of maxima. Moreover, dissection of [Formula: see text] values into the individual ion contributions by use of the modified TATB assumption reported earlier, results in the characteristic "maxima" around 1.5 m NaNO3 in [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text]–composition profiles for H+ and "minima" for Cl−, Br−, and I−. The results are discussed in terms of ion–ion–solvent interactions as well as the structural changes of the solvents.



1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 2245-2248
Author(s):  
Amrita Lal De ◽  
Tapas Kumar De

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.



1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (23) ◽  
pp. 3961-3966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumardev Bose ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Free energies (ΔGt0) and entropies (ΔSt0) of transfer at 25 °C of the nonelectrolyte p-nitroaniline from water to various alcohol + water mixtures have been determined from solubility measurements at seven temperatures from 10–40 °C. Increasing specific solute–solvent interactions have been proposed to interpret the nature of the ΔGt0-composition profiles and the enhanced structure of water in the water-rich mixed solvents has been correlated with maxima in the ΔSt0-composition profiles. The effectiveness of p-nitroaniline as a useful probe for studying solvent structure has been pointed out.



1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 1153-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhijit Bhattacharya ◽  
Asim K. Das ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

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.



1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 1638-1642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urmila Mandal ◽  
Kaushik Das ◽  
Kiron Kumar Kundu

Rate constants of acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of sucrose (S) to D-glucose and L-fructose have been determined at 25 °C by optical rotation measurements in aqueous mixtures of protophobic protic glycerol (GL), protophilic protic urea (UH), aprotic dioxane (D), and dipolar aprotic dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO). Transfer free energies of the substrate sucrose, [Formula: see text] have also been determined in the solvents from solubility measurements. These values as well as those of H+, as obtained earlier by use of the widely used tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylboron (TATB) reference electrolyte assumption, yielded transfer free energies of the transition state. The observed log (ks/kw) – composition profiles reveal that the rates increase monotonically in GL–water mixtures, that decrease more or less monotonically in UH– and DMSO–water mixtures, and decrease up to 10 mol% D in D–water mixtures, beyond which the values tend to increase. Examination of [Formula: see text]–composition profiles for the different species in each case indicates that the initial and transition state solvation get more or less compensated and the observed rates are dictated by the increased solvation of H+ in aqueous UH, DMSO, and D co-solvent systems. But in GL–water mixtures the decreased solvation of the transition state compared with the initial state is overcome by the decreased solvation of H+, thus resulting in the gradual enhancement of the rates of the reaction. The observed linearity of the correlative plots of −δ(ΔG≠) [= RT ln (ks/kw)] vs. [Formula: see text] with distinctly different slopes in the two cases also substantiates the relative importance of H+ solvation in dictating the rates of the reaction in these widely different aqueous co-solvents.



1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urmila Mandal ◽  
Sumita Sen ◽  
Kaushik Das ◽  
Kiron Kumar Kundu

Rate constants (ks) of alkaline fading of crystal violet (CV+) have been determined at 25 °C by spectrophotometric measurements in aqueous mixtures of some protic, aprotic, and dipolar aprotic cosolvents. Transfer free energies of the substrate (CV+), [Formula: see text], were also determined in some of the solvent systems from solubility measurements of the chloride salt, and by subtracting [Formula: see text] obtained earlier by use of the tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylboron (TATB) extrathermodynamic assumption. This helped determine transfer free energies of the transition state (X≠), [Formula: see text] values of lyate ion (S−) based on the TATB assumption are already known for all of these solvent systems. The observed log (ks/kw) – composition profiles reveal that the relative solvation of the reacting species rather than the dielectric constant of the solvents dictates the complex variation of the rates of the reaction in these solvent systems. Correlation of [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] indicates that the reaction is largely controlled by the relative solvation of S− in most of the cases. But analysis of [Formula: see text] – composition profiles for some of the solvent systems reveals that the non-compensation of the [Formula: see text] contributions of initial-state substrate and of the transition-state complex, which may be considered to be an outer-sphere complex [CV+](S−), is also in accord with what is expected from the relative solvating characteristics of the cosolvents as guided by their respective physico-chemical properties.



1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 929-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Bryant ◽  
L. G. Rich

The objective of this research was to develop and validate a predictive model of the benthal stabilization of organic carbon and nitrogen in deposits of waste activated sludge solids formed at the bottom of an aerated water column, under conditions of continual deposition. A benthal model was developed from a one-dimensional, generalized transport equation and a set of first-order biological reactions. For model verification, depth profiles of the major interstitial carbon and nitrogen components were measured from a set of deposits formed in the laboratory at 20°C and a controlled loading rate. The observed sequence of volatile acid utilization in each benthal deposit was that which would be predicted by the Gibbs free energies of the individual degradation reactions and would be controlled by the reduction in interstitial hydrogen partial pressure with time. Biodegradable solids were solubilized rapidly during the first three weeks of benthal retention, but subsequent solubilization occurred much more slowly. The benthal simulation effectively predicted the dynamics of consolidating, organic deposits. Simulation of organic loading rates up to 250 g BVSS/(m2 day) indicated that the stabilization capacity of benthal deposits was far above the range of organic loading rates currently used in lagoon design.



2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1474-1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monimul Huque ◽  
Iqbal Ahmed Siddiquey ◽  
Md. Nizam Uddin


1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (13) ◽  
pp. 2499-2503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Salomon

The complex solubilities of AgCl, AgBr, and AgI have been measured in several mixed solvents containing propylene carbonate and bis(trifluoroethyl)sulfite. The results indicate that a large inductive effect destabilizes the solvation of silver ions whereas the halide ions appear to be stabilized by coordination with the sulfinyl sulfur. Several physio-chemical properties of pure bis(trifluoroethyl)sulfite are reported.



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