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Kamlet-Taft Solvatochromic Parameters for 25 Glycol Ether Solvents and Glycol Ether Aqueous Solutions

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Author(s)

A F. Lagalante, C Wood, A M. Clarke, Thomas J. Bruno

Abstract

The Kamlet-Taft parameters for 25 glycol ethers and aqueous solutions of the 25 glycol ethers were measured. Values for the three Kamlet-Taft parameters; the hydrogen bond donor ability, hydrogen bond acceptor ability, and the dipolarity/polarizability, as well as the index of refraction were determined for each pure glycol ether and each aqueous glycol solution. A correlation matrix between other known solvent parameters and the measured Kamlet-Taft values revealed only one correlation suggesting that the three measured Kamlet-Taft parameters for the glycol ethers are independent solvent descriptors. Lastly, trends in the measured Kamlet-Taft values were related to functional group modifications to the basic glycol ether structure.
Citation
Journal of Solution Chemistry
Volume
27
Issue
No. 10

Keywords

dowanol, glycol ethers, Kamlet-Taft, solvatochromic

Citation

Lagalante, A. , Wood, C. , Clarke, A. and Bruno, T. (1998), Kamlet-Taft Solvatochromic Parameters for 25 Glycol Ether Solvents and Glycol Ether Aqueous Solutions, Journal of Solution Chemistry (Accessed July 27, 2024)

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Created October 1, 1998, Updated February 17, 2017