Solubility of anthracene in binary alcohol + alkoxyalcohol solvent mixtures. Comparison of observed versus predicted values based upon Mobile Order theory
Experimental solubilities are reported for anthracene dissolved in eight binary mixtures containing 2-isopropoxyethanol with 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, 2-butanol, 1-pentanol, 2-pentanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, and 1-octanol at 25 °C. Results of these measurements, along with previously published solubility data for anthracene in binary alcohol + alkoxyalcohol (2-methoxyethanol, 2-ethoxyethanol, 2-propoxyethanol, 2-butoxyethanol, 3-methoxy-1-butanol) solvent mixtures, are used to test the limitations and applications of expressions derived from Mobile Order theory. For the 50 different binary solvent systems considered, the derived expressions were found to provide reasonably accurate predictions for the observed anthracene solubility behavior, with the average absolute deviation between measured and predicted values being on the order of 3% or less. A single numerical value of Keq = 5000 cm3 mol−1 was assumed for all self-association and cross-association hydrogen-bond stability constants. Keywords: anthracene solubilities, alcohol solvents, solubility predictions, hydrogen-bonding, model.