Volumetric properties of N,N-dimethylformamide with 1,2-alkanediols at 20°C

Dilatometric measurements of excess molar volumes and excess partial molar volumes have been made for binary mixtures of N, N-dimethylformamide with 1,2-ethanediol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,2-butanediol, 1,2-pentanediol, and 1,2-hexanediol at 20 degrees C over the entire composition range. The results are explained in terms of dissociation of the self-associated 1,2-alkanediol molecules and the formation of aggregates between unlike molecules through C = O ... 3H-O hydrogen bonding. Further, the effects of difference in chain lengths and steric factors on molecular interactions are also examined. From the experimental results, excess molar volumes were calculated and correlated by a Redlich-Kister type function in terms of mole fractions.