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The liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE) curves for 2-phenylethan-1-ol (2-phenylethanol, 2PhEtOH) + octane, + decane, + dodecane, + tetradecane or + 2,2,4-trimethylpentane have been determined by a method of turbidimetry using a laser scattering technique. Experimental results reveal that the systems are characterized by an upper critical solution temperature (UCST), which increases linearly with the number of C atoms of the n-alkane. In addition, the LLE curves have a rather horizontal top and become skewed to higher mole fractions of the n-alkane, when its size increases. For a given n-alkane, UCST decreases as follows: phenol > phenylmethanol > 2-PhEtOH, indicating that dipolar interactions decrease in the same sequence. This has been ascribed to a weakening in the same order of the proximity effects between the phenyl and OH groups of the aromatic alkanols. DISQUAC interaction parameters for OH/aliphatic and OH/aromatic contacts in the investigated systems are reported. Phenol, or phenylmethanol or 2-PhEtOH, + n-alkane mixtures only differ by the first dispersive Gibbs energy interaction parameter for the (OH/aliphatic) contact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Liquid–liquidequilibrium (LLE) temperatures versus composition for N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) + decane,+ dodecane, + tetradecane, + 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, + methylcyclohexane,or + cyclooctane mixtures have been measuredby means of the critical opalescence method using a laser scatteringtechnique. All the systems show an upper critical solution temperature(UCST). In the case of n-alkane mixtures, UCST increasesalmost linearly with the chain length of the n-alkane.Moreover, these solutions show higher UCST values than those withisomeric cyclic alkanes. Branching leads to a strong decrease of UCST.The symmetry of the LLE curves depends on the size and shape of thealkane. DISQUAC correctly represents the coordinates of the criticalpoints using interaction parameters available in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]