“…The branched alcohols (Fluka) were purified by the methods described previously [21]. The purity of the chemicals was assessed by comparing their measured densities (q), refractive indices (n) and boiling points, which were in good agreement with the literature values [2,[21][22][23][24][25], as can be seen in table 1. Densities of pure components were determined with a bicapillary-type (a double stem) pycnometer, of capacity 12 cm 3 .…”