“…An alkan-1-ol and amine are associated by formation O-H Á Á Á O and N-H Á Á Á N hydrogen bonds. From vapour pressure and spectroscopic measurements, it has been shown that the dimerisation energy and the energy of the formation of higher oligomers are nearly the same, (8.5 to 13.5) kJ AE mol À1 for the amines and (20 to 25.1) kJ AE mol À1 for the alcohols [19]. Usually, it is assumed that in amines one kind of hydrogen bond, probably a linear bond, occurs and that in alcohols two kinds of hydrogen bonds are present, leading to cyclic dimmers and linear higher oligomers, depending on the length of the alcohol chain.…”