WILLIAM SIU and YOSHIKATA KOGA. Can. J. Chem. 67, 671 (1989).Excess partial molarenthalpies of 2-butoxyethanol (BE) and water, H:(i) (i = BE or H20), were measured from 25 to 35OC in the entire concentration range. The results indicated that there are three concentration regions bounded at about xB = 0.02 and XB = 0.5, XB being the mole fraction of BE. In each region, the concentration and temperature dependence of H:(i) (i = BE or H20), is distinctively different from those in the other regions, and appears to support the following views: In the water-rich region, XB < 0.02, BE molecules cause an enhancement in the structure of water, and this effect spans a long range via a structurally enhanced network of water. The solute-solute (BE-BE) interaction is repulsive and of a long range character in terms of enthalpy. As XB increases, the repulsive solute-solute interaction becomes stronger sharply to the threshold value, XB = 0.017, whereupon the mode of such mixing no longer becomes possible. In the intermediate range, 0.02 < xB < 0.5, a new scheme whereby BE molecules tend to associate is predominant. Two clathrate-like aggregates of the types h[BE(H20)k] with k = 55 and 4 may exist together with BE clusters (BE),. In the third region, 0.5 < XB, BE molecules are exactly in the same environment as in pure liquid, while water molecules are almost in the same environment as in pure water. The solution consists of BE and water clusters.Key words: excess partial molar enthalpy, 2-butoxyethanol-water.WILLIAM SIU et YOSHIKATA KOGA. Can. J. Chem. 67, 671 (1989).Optrant h des temptratures allant de 25 h 35°C et sur l'ensemble des concentrations, on a mesurt les enthalpies molaires partielles en excks du butoxy-2 ethanol (BE) et de l'eau, H;(i) (i = BE ou H20). Les rtsultats indiquent qu'il existe trois regions de concentrations dont les limites sont XB = 0,02 et xB = 0,5 (xB correspond A la fraction molaire de BE). La relation qu'on peut observer dans une region entre H:(i) (i = BE ou H20) et la concentration ainsi que la temptrature differe beaucoup de celle que l'on peut dans les autres regions; cette observation supporte les hypothkses suivantes: dans la region riche en eau, XB < 0,02, les Mots clis : enthalpie molaire partielle en excks, butoxy-2 tthanolleau.[Traduit par la revue] Introduction In the previous papers from this laboratory (1-3), the measured values of excess partial molar enthalpies, Hz(i) (i = TBA or H20), of tert-butanol (TBA) and water in the TBA-water mixtures were reported. The results have provided more direct information than hitherto available on the nature of the solute-solvent and solute-solute interactions, and hence provided more insight into the mode of molecular aggregation.The present paper reports the directly measured values of excess partial molar enthalpies of BE and water, H~( B E ) and H~( H~O ) , in the BE-water mixtures from 25 to 35OC in the entire concentration range. This system has been studied extensively together with the TBA-water system, since anomalies in various physic...