Development of Abraham model correlations for predicting enthalpies of solvation of nonionic solutes dissolved in formamide

Abstract

ABSTRACTExperimental enthalpy of solution data for 81 solutes dissolved in formamide have been compiled from the published literature and converted to enthalpies of solvation data using standard thermodynamic relationships. Abraham model correlations were derived from the compiled enthalpy of solvation data. The derived mathematical equations describe the observed experimental to within overall standard deviations of 2.3 kJ mol−1. A principal component analysis based on the calculated equation coefficients, and the coefficients for water and 23 organic solvents previously determined, shows that formamide is both a hydrogen-bond acid and a hydrogen-bond base. Of the solvents that we have studied thus far, formamide is the closest to water in terms of enthalpies of solvation of dissolved solutes.