ISSN 0036ꢀ0244, Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2011, Vol. 85, No. 10, pp. 1695–1700. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2011.
Original Russian Text © A.S. Maslakova, E.L. Krasnykh, S.V. Levanova, 2011, published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii, 2011, Vol. 85, No. 10, pp. 1822–1827.
CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS
AND THERMOCHEMISTRY
Saturation Vapor Pressures and Vaporization Enthalpies of Esters
of Ethylene Glycol and Lower Carboxylic Acids
A. S. Maslakova, E. L. Krasnykh, and S. V. Levanova
Samara State Technical University, Samara, 443100 Russia
eꢀmail: kinterm@samgtu.ru
Received June 4, 2010
Abstract—Saturation vapor pressures and vaporization enthalpies of ethylene glycol and C1–C5 carboxylic
acid disubstituted esters of normal and branched structures are determined by the transfer method in the temꢀ
perature range of 295 to 327 K. Dependences of vaporization enthalpies versus the number of carbon atoms
in a molecule and the retention indices are determined. An analysis of existing calculation schemes is given
to help predict the vaporization enthalpy of the compounds under study.
Keywords: vaporization enthalpy, vapor pressure, ethylene glycol esters, retention indices.
DOI: 10.1134/S0036024411100116
INTRODUCTION
EXPERIMENTAL
Ethylene glycol disubstituted esters were syntheꢀ
sized by the aseotropic etherification of ethylene glyꢀ
col and С1–С5 carboxylic acids in an alcoholꢀtoꢀacid
ratio of 1/(4–5) mol/mol, in analogy with the proceꢀ
dures given in [9].
In a continuation of our investigations of triol (i.e.,
glycerol) esters [1], we studied the thermodynamical
properties of esters of diols (i.e., ethylene glycol). The
latter find application as organic solvents and can serve
as solvents in the purification and recrystallization of
explosive substances [2], as curing agents for sand
blends in foundries [3], and are of interest as promising
oxygenating additives for fuels [4].
The reaction of ethylene glycol with acids is
described by the following reaction:
H2C OH
H2C OH
+
H2C OOCR
H2C OOCR
H
+ 2R–COOH
+ 2H2O,
Despite the wide use of ethylene glycol esters, their
thermodynamic properties (particularly their vaporꢀ
ization enthalpies) remain insufficiently studied. Ethꢀ
ylene glycol diethanoate is the disubstituted ester most
commonly studied: several experimental values have
been obtained by various authors for its vaporization
enthalpy at 298 K; the difference between these is
6 kJ/mol [2, 5–8]. There are also calorimetric data on
the vaporization enthalpies of ethylene glycol diproꢀ
panoate and dibutanoate of linear structure at 298 K
[7]. The thermodynamic properties of other comꢀ
pounds of this homologous series cannot be found in
the literature. To fill this vacuum, we performed a sysꢀ
tematic study of ethylene glycol and С1–С5 carboxylic
acid disubstituted esters with normal and branched
structures.
where R is H, CH3, С2Н5, C3H7, С4Н9, and С5Н11
with normal and branched structures.
Esterification was performed using benzene as
azeotropeꢀforming agent upon catalysis with phosꢀ
phoric acid for 8 h. The reaction mixture was then subꢀ
jected to neutralization and rectification. The purity of
the obtained diesters was not lower than 95 wt %. Furꢀ
ther purification to 99 wt % was performed directly on
the unit for determining the saturation vapor pressure.
The products were analyzed using the Kristallꢀ
2000M chromatographic complex with the following
parameters: OVꢀ101 capillary column with grafted
phase, 100 m × 0.25 mm; temperature of evaporator,
623 K; temperature of detector, 573 K; carrier gas,
helium; flux split, 1/40.
The aim of this work is to determine the vapor presꢀ
sures and vaporization enthalpies of ethylene glycol
disubstituted esters, to reveal correlations describing
the dependences of vaporization enthalpy versus the
number of carbon atoms and retention indices, and to
analyze the prediction capabilities of existing calculaꢀ
The retention indices for the obtained esters were
determined according to the standard procedure in
[10]. Measurements were performed in the isothermal
mode in the temperature range of 363 to 473 K. Samꢀ
ples of mixtures of the esters under study with a purity
tion schemes for compounds with two carboxylic of no less than 95% (1
µ
l) were dissolved in methanol
groups in a molecule. (1 ml) with ꢀalkanes (1
n
µ
l) and introduced into the
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