In
the present work, the benzoin solubility in ethanol, methanol, n-propanol, isopropyl alcohol, n-butanol,
acetone, ethyl acetate, acetonitrile, cyclohexane, butyl acetate,
isobutyl alcohol, and toluene and ethyl acetate + ethanol solvent
mixtures was measured by using the static method at the temperature
range from 273.15 to 313.15 K under atmospheric pressure (101.1 kPa).
The solubilities in mole fraction increased with increasing temperature
and followed the order from high to low in the selected monosolvents:
ethyl acetate > acetone > butyl acetate > (acetonitrile,
toluene)
> methanol > ethanol > n-propanol > n-butanol > isobutyl alcohol > isopropyl alcohol >
cyclohexane; and
for the ethyl acetate + ethanol mixture, the mole fraction solubilities
of benzoin increased with the increase in temperature and ethyl acetate
mass fraction. The obtained solubility of benzoin in neat solvents
was correlated with the Apelblat equation, λh equation, and Wilson and NRTL models; and in solvent mixtures of
ethyl acetate (w) + ethanol (1 – w), with the Jouyban–Acree, van’t Hoff–Jouyban–Acree
and Apelblat–Jouyban–Acree models. The largest value
of root-mean-square deviation was 4.02 × 10–4, and relative average deviation was 2.36 × 10–2. Furthermore, the mixing enthalpy, mixing Gibbs energy, mixing entropy,
activity coefficients under infinitesimal concentration (γ1
∞), and reduced
excess enthalpy (H
1
E,∞) were deduced.