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Article history: Liquidliquid equilibria (LLE) data are presented for two quaternary systems: 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-
Received 14 March 2014 dioxolane (DMD) + n-heptane (or toluene) + ethanol + water, and for three ternary subsystems:
Received in revised form 30 July 2014 DMD + ethanol + water and DMD + n-heptane (or toluene) + water. The measurements were performed at
Accepted 4 August 2014
293.15 K and atmospheric pressure. The phase diagrams show extended heterogeneous areas for ternary
Available online 11 August 2014
systems containing n-heptane (or toluene) and water, the region going from waterhydrocarbon side
of the concentration triangle to waterDMD side. A much smaller region of immiscibility with the crit-
Keywords:
ical point is observed for ternary mixtures of DMD with water and ethanol. The experimental LLE data
Liquidliquid equilibria
2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane
were correlated and partly predicted applying the NRTL model. The UNIFAC interaction parameters for
Multicomponent mixtures CH2 O groups of dioxolane alkyl-derivatives were estimated. The model was applied to predict the LLE
NRTL diagrams for ternary DMD + n-heptane (+toluene) + water solutions and for the quaternary systems con-
UNIFAC taining ethanol. Both NRTL and UNIFAC models with re-estimated parameters have provided satisfactory
results.
2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
1. Introduction The present work is aimed at the study of the mutual solubility
of the components in two quaternary systems: DMD + ethanol + n-
Systems containing polyol derivatives attract special attention heptane + water, DMD + ethanol + toluene + water and in the con-
during the last years, and this is mainly due to their growing indus- stituent binary and ternary solutions containing DMD. The study
trial applications and to good possibilities for their synthesis using includes both experimental measurements at 293.15 K and ther-
natural raw materials. Cyclic acetals and ketals (in particular, 1,3- modynamic modeling of LLE for binary and multicomponent
dioxolane and its derivatives) obtained by chemical modication systems by NRTL and UNIFAC models. The data obtained and the
of ethylene glycol and glycerol are among substances of interest. results of model estimations can be helpful in the studies of systems
They serve as reagents or solvents in organic synthesis, are used containing dioxolane derivatives.
in production of various materials. Some cyclic acetals and ketals
are considered as perspective additives to gasoline, biofuels and
diesel fuels capable of improving the octane number, phase stability 2. On the current state of the phase equilibria studies for
and (or) ecological characteristics [1,2]. Alkyl-derivatives of 1,3- liquid mixtures containing 1,3-dioxolane or its derivatives
dioxolane-4-methanol have appeared to be effective, inexpensive
and nontoxic icing inhibitors [3,4]. Practical tasks and the research Many experimental studies of the phase behavior and thermo-
interest to specic features of the behavior of solutions containing dynamic excess functions relate to binary mixtures of 1,3-dioxolane
cyclic polyethers stimulate the studies of thermodynamic proper- or its alkyl-derivatives (2-alkyl-, 4-alkyl-, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-
ties of such systems, and a special attention is paid to their phase dioxolane) with water, alkanes, chloroalkanes, alkanols. Mixtures
behavior. of another cyclic ether 1,4-dioxane or its derivatives with various
components also attract attention. Molecules of both 1,3-dioxolane
and 1,4-dioxane have quadrupole moments but in the case of diox-
olane the dipole moment is quite pronounced, and this results in
Corresponding author. Tel.: +7 9119201277. a signicant difference in thermodynamic properties of systems
E-mail address: g kuranov@mail.ru (G. Kuranov). containing the mentioned cyclic ethers.
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All studied mixtures of 1,3-dioxolane with hydrocarbons [59] for three models tried. With the interaction parameters esti-
show positive deviations from ideality. The data demonstrate the mated for the binary subsystems the VLE diagram for the ternary
effect of destruction of dipole-dipole interactions in 1,3-dioxolane system 1,3-dioxolane + 2-propanol + 2,2,4-trimethylpentane was
on hydrocarbon addition. Such a conclusion is supported by the predicted. The group contribution UNIFAC and ASOG models were
data on the enthalpy of 1,3-dioxolane and hydrocarbons mixing used to predict the VLE in binary mixtures of 1,3-dioxolane
[6,1013]. and 1,4-dioxane with alcohols [18,20], and in ternary sys-
Binary mixtures of 1,3-dioxolane with chloroalkanes demon- tems 1,3-dioxolane + 1-butanol + cyclohexane/n-hexane [8]. The
strate negative (1,3-dioxolane + chloroform) or small positive both models gave satisfactory results for the systems contain-
(dioxolane mixtures with isomers of chlorobutane and chloropen- ing 1,4-dioxane, while for the mixtures containing 1,3-dioxolane
tane) deviations from ideality [5,1416]. The character of (especially for the ternaries) the UNIFAC predictions were better
deviations depends on the balance of two processes: the destruc- than the predictions using the ASOG model. The SAFT-VR approach
tion of dipoledipole interactions between dioxolane molecules has been used to predict the phase equilibria for binary mixtures
and formation of donoracceptor interactions between dissimilar of 1,3-dioxolane and 1,4-dioxane with chlorobutane isomers [15].
molecules. A good overall agreement was obtained, but the approach failed to
In a number of works [5,7,9,1720] VLE was studied for predict the azeotropic behavior exhibited by some of the mixtures.
1,3-dioxolane + alkanol mixtures. In these solutions one observes With one additional adjustable parameter introduced an adequate
strong interactions of several types: self-association of alcohol description of the experimental data was achieved.
molecules due to hydrogen bonding, dipoledipole interactions There are few studies devoted to phase equilbria modeling for
between 1,3-dioxolane molecules and formation of hydrogen mixtures containing substituted dioxolanes. The VLE data correla-
bonds between alcohol and dioxolane species. In systems with tion using the NRTL model was performed for binary mixtures of
light alcohols their self-association is preferred, substantial posi- 4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane with methanol, propylene glycol and ace-
tive deviations from the ideality are observed. With the growth of tone [27]. The ability to correlate VLLE data for binary mixtures
the alcohol alkyl group the formation of hydrogen bonds between of water with 2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane or with 2,4-dimethyl-1,3-
dissimilar molecules becomes more pronounced, deviations from dioxolane applying the UNIQUAC model was studied in [25]. The
the ideality become lower. calculations using the UNIFAC model were performed to describe
Large positive deviations from ideality are observed for the mutual solubility of the components in binary and multi-
1,3-dioxolane + water solutions [5,19,21,22]. The curve of the con- component mixtures of 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol
centration dependence of the vapor pressure shows that liquid with n-heptane, ethanol and water [26]. Nevertheless, further stud-
solutions at 318.15 K are close to phase splitting. Obviously, in ies are needed to optimize the phase behavior modeling for these
1,3-dioxolane + water solutions the formation of hydrogen bonds complex mixtures which are of applied interest (in particular, in
between dissimilar molecules cannot compensate the breaking of the search of effective additives for biofuels, as it was mentioned
hydrogen bonds between water molecules. above).
Multicomponent systems containing 1,3-dioxolane have been
studied much less than the binaries. The VLE data are
3. Experimental
available for three-component mixtures of 1,3-dioxolane with
methanol + water [19], 2-propanol + 2,2,4-trimethylpentane [9],
3.1. Chemicals
1-butanol/2-butanol + n-hexane/cyclohexane [8,23]. In all these
systems positive deviations from ideality and azeotropy are
Information on the source, purity, and density of the chemicals
observed.
used is presented in Table 1. Densities were measured with DM
Aqueous solutions of alkyl-substituted dioxolanes are paid spe-
45 Mettler Toledo vibrating-tube densimeter automatically ther-
cial attention. Incorporation of alkyl radicals in 1,3-dioxolane
mostated within 0.01 K. The water content in ethanol and in DMD
molecules results in increased positive deviations from ideal-
was controlled by the Karl Fisher (KF) titration method (Mettler
ity for aqueous solutions and in the appearance of a solubility
Toledo, V20). The purity of organic solvents was estimated by the
gap. The extension of the gap at a xed temperature dis-
gas chromatography (GC) method.
tinctly depends on the nature of the substituent and on its
To get pure ethanol its aqueous ethanol recticate was subjected
position in dioxolane molecules. According to the data pre-
to the azeotropic rectication with added benzene. Distilled water
sented in [24,25] the extension of heterogeneous regions in
was used in the experiments.
aqueous solutions of alkyl-substituted dioxolanes grows in the
The densities of n-heptane, toluene, ethanol and water corre-
sequence 2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane < 4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane < 2,2-
sponded to the standard literature values. Characteristics of DMD
dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane < 2-ethyl-1,3-dioxolane.
were those provided by the producers.
Incorporation of hydroxyl groups in molecules of 1,3-dioxolane
derivatives changes signicantly the phase behavior of the
aqueous solutions and favors a good mutual miscibility. The 3.2. Procedures applied in the LLE studies
phase behavior of binary and multicomponent mixtures of
2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol (DMDM) with n-heptane, The rst step of the experimental study was to nd out in
ethanol and water was studied in [26]. Experiments have which of the binary mixtures of DMD with n-heptane, toluene,
shown the complete mutual miscibility of the components in water and ethanol miscibility gaps exist. Visual observations
DMDM + water and DMDM + ethanol mixtures in the temperature were performed in the temperature range 243.13313.15 K with
range 243.15313.15 K, whereas for DMDM + n-heptane mixtures the concentration step 15 mol% and the temperature step 10
a miscibility gap was observed. degrees for each of the compositions. The tests have shown
Phase equilibria modeling was performed mainly for VLE in that the limited miscibility is observed only for DMD mix-
binary mixtures of dioxolane, some ternary mixtures being also tures with water, whereas DMD + ethanol, DMD + n-heptane and
tried. The experimental VLE data for the binaries containing 1,3- DMD + toluene binaries demonstrate the complete mutual mis-
dioxolane were correlated by the Wilson, NRTL, and UNIQUAC cibility of the components. Analogous tests were performed for
models [9,18,20]. For all examined mixtures the results of the cor- ternary systems formed by three homogeneous binary subsystems
relations were satisfactory, the deviations obtained were similar (DMD + ethanol + n-heptane, DMD + ethanol + toluene), and the aim
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Table 1
Properties of the pure compounds.a
Compound Source Purity (mass fraction) Purication method Analysis method Density (kg m3 ) (298.15 K101.3 kPa)
Exp
DMD Fluka >0.990 None GLC, KF 944.2
n-Heptane Vekton >0.998 None GLC 683.8
Toluene Vekton >0.998 None GLC 866.9
Ethanol Vekton >0.998 Azeotropic rectication GLC, KF 789.5
Water >0.999 Distillation 998.2
a
Standard uncertainties (u) of the measured densities () are u() = 0.1 kg m3 .
Table 2
Experimental equilibrium mole fractions xi in the saturated solutions for ternary systems; T = 293.15 K, p = 101.3 kPa (Binodal curve data).a
xD xE xW xD xH xW xD xT xW
Organic phase
0.802 0.000 0.198 0.243* 0.738* 0.019* 0.100* 0.892* 0.008*
0.681 0.043 0.276 0.478* 0.494* 0.028* 0.297* 0.685* 0.018*
0.579 0.063 0.358 0.599* 0.362* 0.039* 0.456* 0.516* 0.028*
0.523 0.075 0.402 0.676* 0.273* 0.051* 0.562* 0.391* 0.047*
0.316 0.087 0.597 0.767* 0.161* 0.072* 0.788* 0.096* 0.116*
0.786* 0.130* 0.084* 0.809* 0.050* 0.141*
0.804 0.089 0.107 0.822* 0.022* 0.156*
0.797 0.086 0.117 0.802 0.000 0.198
0.818 0.077 0.105
0.816 0.043 0.141
0.811 0.021 0.168
0.802 0.000 0.198
Aqueous phase
0.232 0.079 0.689 0.001 0.004 0.986 0.014 0.002 0.984
0.156 0.065 0.779 0.019 0.003 0.978 0.022 0.002 0.976
0.136 0.063 0.801 0.030 0.002 0.968 0.029 0.005 0.966
0.111 0.058 0.831 0.030 0.001 0.969 0.041 0.003 0.956
0.098 0.051 0.851 0.044 0.004 0.955 0.044 0.002 0.954
0.085 0.041 0.874 0.049 0.000 0.951 0.049 0.000 0.951
0.066 0.026 0.908
0.049 0.000 0.951
a
Standard uncertainties (u) are u(T) = 0.1 K, u(x) = 0.001. The data were obtained by the titration method (unmarked gures) or using GC (. . .*).
determine various parts of the binodal curve. Fig. 1 and Table 3 binodal, each of the branches going from the water + n-heptane side
where the compositions of the coexisting liquid phases are given of the concentration triangle to the DMD + water side. The homo-
show that the distribution of ethanol between the aqueous and geneous area near the apex of pure water is very narrow. Near
organic (DMD) phases is in favor of the aqueous one. the apex of pure n-heptane such area is quite narrow too. But this
(organic) homogeneous range is getting wider on DMD addition
4.2. DMD + n-heptane + water mixtures and it extends along the whole n-heptane + DMD side. The LLE tie-
lines going from some point on the organic binodal brunch to some
The system is formed by homogeneous binary mixtures of DMD point on the other brunch are directed approximately to the apex
with n-heptane and by two binary systems with miscibility gaps: of pure water.
DMD + water and n-heptane + water. The mutual solubility of water The LLE phase boundary was determined by titration for the
and heptane is very small: about 0.001 mol% of water in n-heptane water enriched area and by the GC at low water contents (Table 2).
and 105 mol% of n-heptane in water [29]. The ternary system The compositions of equilibrium liquid phases determined by the
has the wide heterogeneous region between two branches of the GC are presented in Fig. 2 and Table 3. Unfortunately, in the GC
Table 3
Experimental equilibrium mole fractions xi in the coexisting liquid phases for the ternary systems; T = 293.15 K, p = 101.3 kPa (tie-lines).a
Table 4
Experimental mole fractions xi in the coexisting liquid phases (tie-lines) for the quaternary systems; T = 293.15 K, p = 101.3 kPa.a
into account). All the results presented for the system are in a good
agreement between themselves.
5. LLE modeling
Table 5
NRTL model interaction parameters.
Table 6
UNIFAC group assignment in this study.
Fig. 4. The quaternary system DMD + n-heptane (or toluene) + water + ethanol and Table 6 shows how molecules of the substances studied in the
LLE diagrams for its ternary constituents. present work were divided into the main structural groups and sub-
groups, the latters having the same interaction energy parameters
various chemical groups and the energy parameters of interac- and differing between themselves only by the geometric charac-
tion between the groups) is rather extensive, the estimations of teristics. For example, DMD molecule includes two ether groups
the parameters are based mainly on the VLE data; for many groups CH2 O, two methyl groups and C group:
special parameters for LLE modeling are presented [32].
Table 7
UNIFAC group interaction parameters used in this work.