The density and the heat capacity
at saturation vapor pressure
of isoamyl dl-lactate were measured at a temperature range
of 288.15–453.65 K using a capillary pycnometer and adiabatic
calorimeter, respectively. The Antoine equation was used to correlate
the vapor pressure data which was determined with an ebulliometric
technique at a temperature range of 374.59–478.56 K, and the
deviation between the calculated value and the experimental data was
less than 0.87%. On the basis of the Clausius–Clapeyron equation,
the vaporization enthalpy of isoamyl dl-lactate at atmospheric
pressure boiling point (T
b, 474.89 K)
was calculated to be 43.27 kJ/mol. According to the Othmer’s
method, the standard vaporization enthalpy, Δvap
H (298.15 K) was estimated using octanol and heptanol as
reference substances, and the results are 57.21 and 57.35 kJ/mol,
respectively.