High pressure phase equilibrium for δ-tocopherol + CO 2

Abstract

Vapour–liquid equilibrium compositions were measured for mixtures of δ-tocopherol and carbon dioxide, at pressures from 9 up to 27 MPa, and four temperatures between 306 and 333 K. The system exhibits liquid–liquid equilibrium at high pressures, similarly to previous results for mixtures of α-tocopherol with carbon dioxide. The results were correlated with the Peng–Robinson equation of state, using the Panagiotopoulos–Reid combination rules. Comparison of the solubilities of δ-tocopherol and α-tocopherol in supercritical carbon dioxide was performed using Chrastil’s equation to correlate the data. The number of solvent CO 2 molecules per solute molecule was calculated in both cases. An enthalpy of solvation per mole of CO 2 of −10 kJ mol −1 was obtained.