Molecular interactions in binary mixtures of 1-butoxy-2-propanol with alcohols at different temperatures: A thermophysical and spectroscopic approach

Highlights: • Binary mixtures of 1-butoxy-2-propanol with alcohols have been studied at different temperatures. • Strong H-bonding interactions between the components are confirmed that decreases with increasing chain length of alcohols. • Thermophysical and FT-IR spectroscopic studies strongly corroborate the experimental and computational analysis results. - Abstract: This paper reports densities (ρ) and speeds of sound (u) of 1-butoxy-2-propanol CH₃(CH₂)₃OC₃H₆OH, 1-propanol CH₃(CH₂)₂OH, 2-propanol (CH₃)₂CHOH, 1-butanol CH₃(CH₂)₃OH and 2-butanol CH₃CH₂CH(OH)CH₃ and their binary mixtures with 1-butoxy-2-propanol as a common component, measured at T = (293.15, 298.15, 303.15, 308.15 and 313.15) K over the entire composition range. These experimental values of density and speed of sound were used to calculate the values of excess molar volumes, V_m^E, deviations in molar isentropic compressibility Δκ_s and deviations in speed of sound u^D. Further, experimental densities were used to estimate apparent molar volumes V_ϕ,i, partial molar volumes V^‾_m,1, excess partial molar volumes V^‾_m,1^E and their limiting values at infinite dilution V_ϕ,i^∞, V^‾_m,i^∞ and V^‾_m,i^E,∞ respectively. The variations observed in these properties, with composition and temperature, are discussed in terms of molecular interactions due to physical and chemical effects between the unlike molecules of the binary mixtures. These properties, especially excess functions, are found to be quite sensitive towards the intermolecular interactions in liquid mixtures. These excess functions and deviations have also been correlated using Redlich–Kister type polynomial equation by the method of least-squares for the estimation of the binary coefficients and the standard errors. FT-IR studies of these mixtures are also reported