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Kamlet-Taft Solvatochromic Parameters for 25 Glycol Ether Solvents and Glycol Ether Aqueous Solutions

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Author(s)

A F. Lagalante, C Wood, A M. Clarke, Thomas J. Bruno

Abstract

The Kamlet-Taft parameters for 25 glycol ethers and aqueous solutions of the 25 glycol ethers were measured. Values for the three Kamlet-Taft parameters; the hydrogen bond donor ability, hydrogen bond acceptor ability, and the dipolarity/polarizability, as well as the index of refraction were determined for each pure glycol ether and each aqueous glycol solution. A correlation matrix between other known solvent parameters and the measured Kamlet-Taft values revealed only one correlation suggesting that the three measured Kamlet-Taft parameters for the glycol ethers are independent solvent descriptors. Lastly, trends in the measured Kamlet-Taft values were related to functional group modifications to the basic glycol ether structure.
Citation
Journal of Solution Chemistry
Volume
27
Issue
No. 10
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

dowanol, glycol ethers, Kamlet-Taft, solvatochromic

Citation

Lagalante, A. , Wood, C. , Clarke, A. and Bruno, T. (1998), Kamlet-Taft Solvatochromic Parameters for 25 Glycol Ether Solvents and Glycol Ether Aqueous Solutions, Journal of Solution Chemistry (Accessed October 12, 2025)

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Created October 1, 1998, Updated February 17, 2017
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