Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1979, 44, 148-156
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19790148
Determination of thermodynamic functions by means of infrared spectroscopy. The accuracy in -ΔH determination; Formation of complexes phenol-pyridine and its homologues
Václav Šáraa, Jaromír Moraveca and Milan Horákb
a Institute of Nuclear Research, 250 68 Řež
b The J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 121 38 Prague 2
Abstract
Values of thermodynamic functions -ΔH, -ΔG, and -ΔS of the complex formation between molecules of pyridine (and its methyl derivatives) and phenol in CCl4 solutions were determined using infrared spectroscopy. After optimalizing experimental conditions the error in -ΔH determination does not exceed 0.2%; this accuracy is sufficiently high to investigate the influence of substituents on the pyridinic nitrogen basicity. The values of -ΔH determined in this way correlate linearly with values of ionization constants of pyridine bases.
