RICHARD FUCHS, L. ALAN PEACOCK, and KAMALENDU DAS. Can. J. Chem. 58,2301Chem. 58, (1980. Enthalpies of solution of 51 polar and nonpolar organic solutes have been determined in the solvent perfluoro-l,3-dimethylcyclohexane. The values have been combined with solute enthalpies of vaporization to give the enthalpies of transfer from vapor to solvent. These solvation enthalpies are for most solutes substantially less exothermic than those measured in other solvents. Polar interactions appear to be stronger than with hydrocarbon solvents; but this may result, in part, from incomplete dissociation of strongly associated solutes in the perfluoro solvent.RICHARD FUCHS, L. ALAN PEACOCK et KAMALENDU DAS. Can. J. Chem. 58,2301Chem. 58, (1980. On a dktermine les enthalpies de solution de 51 solutCs organiques polaires et non polaires dans le perfluorodimethyl-1.3 cyclohexane. On a combine les valeurs obtenues avec les enthalpies de vaporisation des solutes pour obtenir les enthalpies de transfert de la vapeur au solvant. Dans la plupart des solutCs, ces enthalpies de solvatation sont substantiellement moins exothermiques que celles mesurees dans d'autres solvants. Les interactions polaires semblent itre plus fortes que celle internenant dans les solvants hydrocarbonks, mais ceci peut provenir en partie d'une dissociation incomplete des solutes fortement associes dans le solvant perfluore.[Traduit par le journal]The unusual solvent properties of completely fluorinated alkane derivatives (perfluoroalkanes) were first recognized more than three decades ago (1). These compounds show limited miscibility with nonpolar alkanes, and even less miscibility with polar liquids. On the other hand, the solubility of nitrogen (2) and of oxygen are greater than that in other solvents, and there has been wide interest in perfluorocarbons and perfluorocarbon derivatives as components of blood extenders.The boiling points of perfluorocarbons are generally lower than those of the analogous hydrocarbons, as are the heats of vaporization (AH,) in the few cases where comparison data are available (3). The fluorocarbon polarizability is slightly greater, and at equal separation the dispersion forces should be larger (4). The molar volume and mean radius are much larger, however, and at the greater distance the effective dispersion forces are smaller than in hydrocarbons.We have recently measured the heats of solution (AH,) of some polar molecules (5, 6) and nonpolar hydrocarbons (7) in the solvents cyclohexane, benzene, methanol, and dimethylformamide, and some additional hydrocarbon values (8) in acetic acid and in hexane. Values of AH, have been combined with experimental (5) or literature (3) heats of vaporization (AH,) to give enthalpies of transfer from vapor to solvent [AH(v+S:)] (the solvation enthalpy). Comparison of AH(v+S) for polar compounds and nonpolar model compounds has provided an estimate of the polar solute-solvent interactions (5-7). It is our eventual objective to evaluate the contributions of various types of intermolecular...