Viscometric and FTIR studies of molecular interactions in 2-propanol+hydrocarbons mixtures at 298.15 and 308.15 K

The deviation in viscosity was coupled with respective excess molar volume data to study the molecular interaction in binary mixtures with one associated component. This approach was applied to the experimentally measured viscosity and excess molar volume data of the 2-propanol+hydrocarbons at 298.15 K and 308.15 K. It was suggested that depolymerization power of aromatic hydrocarbon toward 2-propanol as well as strength of intermolecular interactions (electron-donor-acceptor type) between monomer of 2-propanol and aromatics depend on pi-electron density of the aromatic hydrocarbon. These interactions were further confirmed by FTIR spectroscopy. The viscosity of these binary mixtures was best predicted by Gruenberg-Nissan correlation among the four correlations applied.