An innovative approach is presented to interpret the refractive index of binary liquid mixtures. The concept of refractive index "before mixing" is introduced and shown to be given by the volume-fraction mixing rule of the pure-component refractive indices (Arago-Biot formula). The refractive index of thermodynamically ideal liquid mixtures is demonstrated to be given by the volume-fraction mixing rule of the pure-component squared refractive indices (Newton formula). This theoretical formulation entails a positive change of refractive index upon ideal mixing, which is interpreted in terms of dissimilar London dispersion forces centred in the dissimilar molecules making up the mixture. For real liquid mixtures, the refractive index of mixing and the excess refractive index are introduced in a thermodynamic manner. Examples of mixtures are cited for which excess refractive indices and excess molar volumes show all of the four possible sign combinations, a fact that jeopardises the finding of a general equation linking these two excess properties. Refractive indices of 69 mixtures of water with the amphiphile (R,S)-1-propoxypropan-2-ol are reported at five temperatures in the range 283-303 K. The ideal and real refractive properties of this binary system are discussed. Pear-shaped plots of excess refractive indices against excess molar volumes show that extreme positive values of excess refractive index occur at a substantially lower mole fraction of the amphiphile than extreme negative values of excess molar volume. Analysis of these plots provides insights into the mixing schemes that occur in different composition segments. A nearly linear variation is found when Balankina's ratios between excess and ideal values of refractive indices are plotted against ratios between excess and ideal values of molar volumes. It is concluded that, when coupled with volumetric properties, the new thermodynamic functions defined for the analysis of refractive indices of liquid mixtures give important complementary information on the mixing process over the whole composition range.

Experimental data for density, viscosity, refractive index and sound speed of 11 glycols and glymes were measured in the temperature range between (283.15 and 373.15) K and at atmospheric pressure. The compounds evaluated include ethylene glycol (EG), diethylene glycol (DEG), triethylene glycol (TriEG), tetraethylene glycol (TeEG), ethylene glycol ethyl ether (EGEE), diethylene glycol methyl ether (DEGME), diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (DEGDME), diethylene glycol ethyl ether (DEGEE), diethylene glycol diethyl ether (DEGDEE), triethylene glycol dimethyl ether (TriEGDME), and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether (TeEGDME). Additionally, derivative properties, such isobaric thermal expansion coefficient and isentropic compressibilities were also estimated and discussed. The compounds evaluated were selected to evaluate the impact of molecular structure changes on their thermophysical properties. Effects like the increase in the number of ethoxy groups, shown to lead to an increase of the density, molar volume, viscosity, and refractive index, or the loss of the hydroxyl groups through the substitution of the hydroxyl groups hydrogen by a methyl or ethyl group, shown to lead to a significant decrease on the density, viscosity, and sound speed, are evaluated and discussed.

Experimental densities were obtained in the binary mixtures water + 3-ethoxypropan-1-amine, for the whole composition range and at temperatures between (283.15 and 303.15) K. Derived thermodynamic properties such as apparent molar, excess molar, and excess partial molar volumes have been calculated. Limiting partial molar volumes and isobaric expansions were obtained for the two components. Different patterns of molecular aggregation and hydration schemes were detected.

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The polarity of the ionic liquids [N 4111 ][Tf 2 N], [N 4441 ][Tf 2 N], and [choline][Tf 2 N], as well as their binary mixtures with ethanol has been investigated using solvatochromic dyes and expressed in terms of the Reichardt parameter, E T N , and the Kamlet−Taft parameters (π*, α, and β), at 298.15 K. The synergetic behavior revealed essentially by the ethanol + [N 4441 ][Tf 2 N] system for the acidity of the solvent shows the potential importance of this solvent media for some chemical applications. Even though the preferential solvation model of Bosch and co-workers has been applied with some statistical success to the whole composition range of EtOH + [N 4111 ]-[Tf 2 N] and EtOH + [N 4441 ][Tf 2 N] binary mixtures, the interpretation of the results is somehow difficult due to the competition of molecular interactions in the evaluation of transition energies for the pairs: dye−solvent (dye−cation and/or dye−anion, dye− EtOH, dye−complex entity) and cation−anion, depending on the composition range. Different patterns of solvent polarity behavior are shown along the entire ionic liquid (IL) composition. ■ INTRODUCTIONAlthough molecular solvents have been the usual media for physical and chemical processes in solution, 1 in the past decade, room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) have shown to be very useful because of their very particular properties, such as nonflammability, thermal stability, very low volatility at ambient conditions, and high solubility in organic and inorganic compounds with a wide range of polarity. These characteristics make ionic liquids (ILs) promising compounds for use in industry and with a recent emphasis in the pharmaceutical industry. 2−8 When compared with molecular solvents, ILs often present higher dipolarity/polarizability characteristics which make them valuable "effective polarity" solvents. 9−11 In this perspective it will be crucial to obtain information regarding the relative polarity of ILs and to study the change in physicochemical properties produced by their addition to molecular solvents. It has been already identified that, when an IL is mixed with an other solvent such as water or an alcohol, the polarity properties of the system can be tunable depending on the combination of the cation and anion and on the careful choice of the cosolvent. 12−17 The solvent polarity is defined as "its overall solvation capability" depending on the action of all possible, specific (hydrogen bonds, electron pair donor/electron pair acceptor), and nonspecific (van-der-Waals and Coulombic interactions) intermolecular solute−solvent forces. 1,18 The inadequate way of characterizing the solvent polarity, merely based on macroscopic physical parameters, gave rise to the appearance of solvatochromic parameters. These parameters are based on molecular probes, the spectroscopic properties of which are strongly solvent-dependent and serve as appropriate model processes for the study of other solvent effects. 19−24 The purpose of this work is to measure the polarity of the ILs, butyl-trim...