Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 384.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20130388

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Enthaplic Pairwise Self-associations of Nicotinamide and Isonicotinamide in Aqueous KCl Solutions by Microcalorimetry

JIA Zhaopeng, HU Xingen*(), FANG Guoyong   

  1. College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
  • Received:2013-04-27 Online:2014-02-10 Published:2013-07-22
  • Contact: HU Xingen E-mail:hxgwzu@126.com
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21073132)

Abstract:

Dilution enthalpies of nicotinamide and isonicotinamide in pure water and aqueous KCl solutions of various molality(m=0—0.3 mol/kg) were determined at 298.15 K by isothermal titration microcalorimetry(ITC). The corresponding values of enthalpic pairwise self-association coefficient(hxx) were evaluated accor-ding to the McMillan-Mayer theory. From the point of view of solute-solute and solute-solvent interactions, the equilibrium between hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions of the two pyridinecarboxamides was discussed. It is found that both of the hxx values of the two isomers are all largely negtive, and decrease rapidly with increasing molalities of KCl at its higher concentrations. It is concluded that both of them are characterized by prevailing hydrophilic-hydrophilic interaction, and that the π-electronic conjugation between aromatic pyridyl ring and carbonyl of amide group makes resonance structure molecule of the para-isomer be more hydrophilic due to charge separation. The results also indicate that the contribution from π-π packing between pyridyl rings can be neglected nearly, and that the increase of ionic strength I favors hydrophilic-hydrophilic interaction greatly since both of the hxx absolute values of the two amides increase gradually with the increasing mola-lity of KCl in solutions.

Key words: Nicotinamide, Isonicotinamide, Aqueous KCl solution, Dilution enthalpy, Enthalpic pairwise self-association, Isothermal titration microcalorimetry(ITC)

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