Abstract
The dependence of the hydroxyl stretching frequency of monomeric tert-butanol in cyclohexane and benzene solutions on concentration was studied at different temperatures. The -OH group in the monomeric form of the alcohol appears to experience very small or negligible alcohol concentration effects. This is attributed to the ability of tert-butanol to form dimers by hydrogen bonding, which in turn shield their polar groups from monomeric tert-butanol. As a result, the environment that the latter interacts with consists of weakly polar or nonpolar species (cyclohexane or benzene), and the nonpolar (methyl) groups of dimeric tert-butanol.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 901-909 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Solution Chemistry |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1998 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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Larsen, G., & Ismail, Z. K. (1998). Monomeric tert-butanol in benzene and cyclohexane solutions: A fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy study. Journal of Solution Chemistry, 27(10), 901-909. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022659111851