Acetone dielectric constant

Dielectric constant, water Dielectric constant, acetone Dielectric constant, acetonitrile Dielectric constant, 50 50 ACN H20 Viscosity of water at 7200 psi Viscosity, acetonitrile Viscosity, 50 50 ACN H20... 

In addition, the dielectric constant of NCW is vastly reduced when compared to water at ambient conditions, as shown in Fig. 9.2. Uematsu and Franck correlated the dielectric constant of water as a function of both temperature and density. For example, at 300°C and saturation pressure, the dielectric constant of water is approximately 20, a nearly 75% reduction from the value of 78 at ambient conditions. This dielectric constant most closely corresponds to a moderately polar solvent, such as acetone (dielectric constant = 21.4 at 2 5° C). This reduction in dielectric constant, resulting from a major decrease of the hydrogen bonding relative to ambient water, enables a greatly enhanced solubility of nonpolar organic species in NCW. Increasing the density can increase the dielectric properties of NCW, but kilobar pressures are required. For example, increasing the density at 300°C from saturation conditions p 0.75 g/cm ) to the density of ambient water p = g/cm ) nearly doubles the dielectric constant to approximately 35. 

The importance of the solvent, in many cases an excess of the quatemizing reagent, in the formation of heterocyclic salts was recognized early. The function of dielectric constants and other more detailed influences on quatemization are dealt with in Section VI, but a consideration of the subject from a preparative standpoint is presented here. Methanol and ethanol are used frequently as solvents, and acetone,chloroform, acetonitrile, nitrobenzene, and dimethyl-formamide have been used successfully. The last two solvents were among those considered by Coleman and Fuoss in their search for a suitable solvent for kinetic experiments both solvents gave rise to side reactions when used for the reaction of pyridine with i-butyl bromide. Their observation with nitrobenzene is unexpected, and no other workers have reported difficulties. However, tetramethylene sulfone, 2,4-dimethylsulfolane, ethylene and propylene carbonates, and salicylaldehyde were satisfactory, giving relatively rapid reactions and clean products. Ethylene dichloride, used quite frequently for Friedel-Crafts reactions, would be expected to be a useful solvent but has only recently been used for quatemization reactions. ... 

Metwally et al. [28] also studied the resin-catalyzed hydrolysis of ethyl formate in acetone-water mixtures at different temperatures. The experimental results indicated a linear dependence of the logarithm of rate constant on the reciprocal of the dielectric constant (Fig. 2). The decrease of dielectric constant may lower the concentration of the highly polar transition state and thereby decrease the rate [28]. 

Becker and Israel (1979) have studied the influence of the solvent in more detail. They determined the constant KD of the equilibrium between free ions and ion pairs (Schemes 10-12 and 10-13) conductometrically in five solvents (H20, MeCN, MeOH, EtOH, and Me2CO). An inverse linear relationship was found between the ratio of products [ArOS]/[ArF] (where ArOS is the product of heterolytic solvolysis) and Kd/e (e = dielectric constant). This result indicates that solvolysis products are formed mainly from free diazonium ions, whereas fluoro-de-diazoniation takes place in the ion pair. Of the solvents used, acetone gives the lowest value of KD, and thus the yield of the fluorinated product is highest in this solvent. 

On the assumption that = 2, the theoretical values of the ion solvation energy were shown to agree well with the experimental values for univalent cations and anions in various solvents (e.g., 1,1- and 1,2-dichloroethane, tetrahydrofuran, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, ammonia, acetone, acetonitrile, nitromethane, 1-propanol, ethanol, methanol, and water). Abraham et al. [16,17] proposed an extended model in which the local solvent layer was further divided into two layers of different dielectric constants. The nonlocal electrostatic theory [9,11,12] was also presented, in which the permittivity of a medium was assumed to change continuously with the electric field around an ion. Combined with the above-mentioned Uhlig formula, it was successfully employed to elucidate the ion transfer energy at the nitrobenzene-water and 1,2-dichloroethane-water interfaces. 

A variety of solvents was investigated for this reaction, as shown in Table 15.1. As inferred from Table 15.1, the hydrogenolysis performance is best in more polar solvents snch as acetonitrile, acetone, ethyl acetate, and acetic acid. Only in o-dichlorobenzene is the rate of reaction ranch lower than predicted by the dielectric constant. The presence of nonpolar solvents snch as hexane and the thiol product resulted in large amonnts of the disnlfide intermediate. It has been shown that the disnlfide is the intermediate in stoichiometric rednctions such as samarium diiodide reduction of alkyl thiocyanates to thiols (11) so it is reasonable to expect it as the... 

Mostly known for plasticizers only (see section 3.1), not for plasticized polymers or commercial polymers. The relative dielectric constant indicates the polarisability of the molecule (s of selected solvents for comparison hexane, 1.9 toluene, 2.4 chloroform, 4.8 ethyl acetate, 6.0 dichloromethane, 9.1 acetone, 20.7 water, 80.2). 

Miscibility is an important consideration when selecting solvents for use in biphasic systems. Table 4.4 shows the miscibility of three ionic liquids with water and some organic solvents. [bmim][PFe] was found to be miscible with organic solvents whose dielectric constant is higher than 7, but was not soluble in less polar solvents or in water. Basic [bmim][AlCl4] was found to react with protic solvents, and the acidic form also reacted with acetone, tetrahydrofuran and toluene. 

Figure 11. Plots of graft yield and surface polyAM concentration vs. dielectric constant of reacting solution [AM] = 2.00M, [BP] = 0.20M, irradiation for 90 min. Solvent compositions (1) acetone alone (2) acetone/acetonitrile (8.6/1.4) (3) acetone/acetonitrile(3/l) (4) acetone/Hs0(9/1) (5) acetone/acetonitrile(l/l) (6) acetone/acetonitrile] 1/3) (7) acetonitrile alone.

FIGURE 3 2 Solvent extraction efficiencies (EF) as functions of dielectric constants (D), solubility parameters (6), and polarity parameters (P and E -). Solvents studied silicon tetrachloride, carbon disulfide, n pentane. Freon 113, cyclopentane, n-hexane, carbon tetradiloride, diethylether, cyclohexane, isooctane, benzene (reference, EF 100), toluene, trichloroethylene, diethylamine, chloroform, triethylamine, methylene, chloride, tetra-hydrofuran, l,4 dioxane, pyridine, 2 propanol, acetone, ethanol, methanol, dimethyl sulfoxide, and water. Reprinted with permission from Grosjean. ... 

Figure 18. Correlations between the solubility of cmchonidme and the reported empirical polarity (A) and dielectric constants (B) of 48 solvents [66]. Those solvents are indicated by the numbers in the figures 1 cyclohexane 2 n-pentane 3 n-hexane 4 triethylamine 5 carbon tetrachloride 6 carbon disulfide 7 toluene 8 benzene 9 ethyl ether 10 trichloroethylene 11 1,4-dioxane 12 chlorobenzene 13 tetrahydrofuran 14 ethyl acetate 15 chloroform 16 cyclohexanone 17 dichloromethane 18 ethyl formate 19 nitrobenzene 20 acetone 21 N,N-drmethyl formamide 22 dimethyl sulfoxide 23 acetonitrile 24 propylene carbonate 25 dioxane (90 wt%)-water 26 2-butanol 27 2-propanol 28 acetone (90 wt%)-water 29 1-butanol 30 dioxane (70 wt%)-water 31 ethyl lactate 32 acetic acid 33 ethanol 34 acetone (70 wt%)-water 35 dioxane (50 wt%)-water 36 N-methylformamide 37 acetone (50 wt%)-water 38 ethanol (50 wt%)-water 39 methanol 40 ethanol (40 wt%-water) 41 formamide 42 dioxane (30 wt%)-water 43 ethanol (30 wt%)-water 44 acetone (30 wt%)-water 45 methanol (50 wt%)-water 46 ethanol (20 wt%)-water 47 ethanol (10 wt%)-water 48 water. [Reproduced by permission of the American Chemical Society from Ma, Z. Zaera, F. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 406-414.]...

Colorless gas pungent suffocating odor gas density 2.927 g/L at 20°C heavier than air, vapor density 2.263 (air=l) condenses to a colorless liquid at -10°C density of liquid SO2 1.434 g/mL freezes at -72.7°C critical temperature 157.65°C critical pressure 77.78 atm critical volume 122 cc/g dielectric constant 17.27 at -16.5°C dissolves in water forming sulfurous acid, solubility 22.97 g and 11.58 g/lOOmL water at 0° and 20°C, respectively, under atmospheric pressure very soluble in acetone, methyl isobutyl ketone, acetic acid, and alcohol soluble in sulfuric acid liquid SO2 slightly miscible in water. 

Organic solvents. Addition of organic solvents decreases the solubility of proteins by reducing the dielectric constant of the medium. For the precipitation of enzymes, methanol, ethanol or propanol are mostly used, but acetone and diethyl ether can also be employed. The principal disadvantage of organic solvents is their tendency to cause stmctural damage of enzyme molecule. 

Water can interact with ionic or polar substances and may destroy their crystal lattices. Since the resulting hydrated ions are more stable than the crystal lattice, solvation results. Water has a very high dielectric constant (80 Debye units [D] versus 21 D for acetone), which counteracts the electrostatic attraction of ions, thus favoring further hydration. The dielectric constant of a medium can be defined as a dimensionless ratio of forces the force acting between two charges in a vacuum and the force between the same two charges in the medium or solvent. According to Coulomb s law. 

Fig. 9.4.23 Dispersibility of colloidal systems of a kind of metals in various organic liquids. er. Relative dielectric constant of liquids A, electron affinity disp, dispersion (O) floe, flocculation ( ) upon stirring, the suspension becomes turbid then particles slowly sediment) coag, coagulation ( immediately after stirring of the suspension, particles aggregate again to sediment). ( ) Boundary between disp and floe ( ) boundary between Hoc and coag. Broken lines divide each region, (a) Hexane, (b) benzene, (c) diethyl ether, (d) ethyl acetate, (e) letrahydrofuran. (0 dichloroethane. (g) benzyl alcohol, (h) 2-butanol, (i) butanol, (j) acetone, (k) ethanol. (From Ref, 23.)...

DNs range from zero (solvents like hexane, tetrachloromethane), through modest donors (acetonitrile 14.1, acetone 17), to good donors like water (18), to superb donors like DMSO (29.8) and, best of all, HMPA (38.8) (see table 3.7). The DN enables us to rationalize why a solvent such as nitromethane, (6r= 35.8) is considered to be fairly nonpolar, although it has a higher dielectric constant than diethyl ether (Sr = 4.2) and tetrahydrofuran (Sr = 7.6) which are often thought to be more polar solvents than their dielectric constants would indicate. The DN of nitromethane is only 2.7, compared with that of 19.2 for diethyl ether and 20 for tetrahydrofuran. These ether solvents are much better electron-pair donors than nitromethane. 

The hydrogen ion probably falls, for a corresponding concentration, between Li+ and Ba++, and the ions of metals such as Ag, Cu, Zn, Pb, and Hi, or the rare earths, have a much stronger catalytic effect (6 ) which is further increased if the dielectric constant of the solvent is decreased by adding organic liquids such as acetone or dioxane 323). The degrees of dissociation (Table XII) and the exchange constants (Table XV) of the cations are also related to their catalytic activity (cf. Section IV,E,/,d). 

Figure 3.11 Catalytic efficiency, (fcca,/K ,)app ( ), of salt-activated subtilisin Carlsberg in hexane, THF, and acetone in comparison with T2 (transverse relaxation constant) (O) of mobile deuterons as a function of dielectric constant of solvent [103].

D. L. Chapman, for potassium tri-iodide. 0. Gropp measured the effect of temp, on the conductivity of solid and frozen soln. of sodium iodide. For the effect of press, on the electrical properties, vide alkali chlorides. A. Reis found the free energy for the separation of the ions of K1 to be 144 lrilogrm. cals, per mol. for iN al, 158 Lil, 153 and for HI, 305. S. W. Serkofi 35 measured the conductivity of lithium iodide in methyl alcohol P. Walden, of sodium iodide in acetonitrile P. Dutoit in acetone, benzonitrite, pyridine, acetophenone. J. C. Philip and H. R. Courtman, B. B. Turner, J. Fischler, and P. Walden of potassium iodide in methyl or ethyl alcohol J. C. Philip and H. P. Courtman in nitromethane P. Dutoit in acetone. H. C. Jones, of rubidium iodide in formamide. S. von Lasczynsky and S. von Gorsky, of potassium and sodium iodides in pyridine. A. Heydweiller found the dielectric constants of powdered and compact potassium iodide to be respectively 3 00 and 5 58. 

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