“…15 K, and discussed in terms of the PrigogineFlory-Patterson theory. [265][266][267] Sulfolane 285 [2,3,4,5-tetrahydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide, tetramethylene sulfone, (CH 2 ) 4 SO 2 ], a stable, polar aprotic solvent having a high relative permittivity (e r ¼ 46.4) and a large dipole moment (m ¼ 16.0Â10 À30 C m), is miscible with water, and is widely used in the chemical industry for the extraction of aromatic hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon mixtures. 286 Excess molar volumes for binary mixtures of sulfolane with toluene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, ethylbenzene and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene were determined at 298.15 K by Yu and Li.…”