PRESSURE EFFECT ON DIMERIZATION EQUILIBRIA OF A SERIES OF SUBSTITUTED NITROSOBENZENES IN SOLUTION.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/bbpc.198800009

The effect of pressure was studied on the dimerization reactions of six di- and tri-substituted nitrosobenzenes in carbon tetrachloride at 25 degree C. The obtained configurational volume changes for the prototype one bond formation reactions are in the range of minus 17 to minus 21 cm**3 mol** minus **1 at 6. 13 MPa. The volume changes were interpreted in terms of the perturbation theory of liquid; they were dominated by the volume change in the reference system composed of hard spheres. Small differences between the observed and theoretical reference volume changes were ascribed to the perturbation due to electrostatic interactions between the solute and solvent; the perturbation volume changes were estimated by the Kirkwood theory of dipolar solvation.