Abstract
Experimental solubilities are reported for anthracene dissolved in binary solvent mixtures containing 1,4-dichlorobutane with n-heptane, n-octane, cyclohexane and methylcyclohexane at 25°C. Results of these measurements, combined with estimates for the excess Gibbs free energies of the binary solvents, are used to evaluate the equilibrium for a presumed anthracene-dichlorobutane molecular complex using the Extended NIBS model. The calculated equilibrium constant is compared to published values for anthracene-chlorobutane and pyrene-dichlorobutane. Differences in the values for the various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and mono/dichlorobutanes are rationalized at the molecular level in terms of individual microscopic equilibrium constants for distinguishable association species.

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