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Hydrogen bonding interactions between ethylene glycol and water: density, excess molar volume, and spectral study

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Studies of the density and the excess molar volume of ethylene glycol (EG)-water mixtures were carried out to illustrate the hydrogen bonding interactions of EG with water at different temperatures. The results suggest that a likely complex of 3 ethylene glycol molecules bonding with 4 water molecules in an ethylene glycol-water mixture (EGW) is formed at the maximal excess molar volume, which displays stronger absorption capabilities for SO2 when the concentration of SO2 reaches 400×106 (volume ratio) in the gas phase. Meanwhile, FTIR and UV spectra of EGWs were recorded at various EG concentrations to display the hydrogen bonding interactions of EG with water. The FTIR spectra show that the stretching vibrational band of hydroxyl in the EGWs shifts to a lower frequency and the bending vibrational band of water shifts to a higher frequency with increasing the EG concentration, respectively. Furthermore, the UV spectra show that the electron transferring band of the hydroxyl oxygen in EG shows red shift with increasing the EG concentration. The frequency shifts in FTIR spectra and the shifts of absorption bands in UV absorption spectra of EGWs are interpreted as the strong hydrogen bonding interactions of the hydrogen atoms in water with the hydroxyl oxygen atoms of EG.

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    JianBin Zhang & XiongHui Wei

  2. College of Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Huhhot, 010051, China

    PengYan Zhang, Kai Ma, Fang Han & GuoHua Chen

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Zhang, J., Zhang, P., Ma, K. et al. Hydrogen bonding interactions between ethylene glycol and water: density, excess molar volume, and spectral study. Sci. China Ser. B-Chem. 51, 420–426 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-008-0045-0

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