IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series.: 86.: Ethers and ketones with water.: Part 4.: C4 and C5 ketones with water

The mutual solubilities and related liquid-liquid equilibria of six binary systems of C-4 and C-5 ketones with water are exhaustively and critically reviewed. Acetone, the only C-3 ketone, is soluble with water in all proportions; C-6 and higher ketones will be treated in subsequent parts of this volume. Reports of experimental determination of solubility that appeared in the primary literature prior to the middle of 2007 are compiled. For all six systems, sufficient data are available to allow critical evaluation. All data are expressed as mass percent and mole fraction as well as the originally reported units. In addition to the standard evaluation criteria used throughout the Solubility Data Series, a method based on the evaluation of all experimental data for a given series of ketones was used. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.