title: Free energy of mixing of acetone and methanol: a computer simulation investigation.
abstract: The change of the Helmholtz free energy, internal energy, and entropy accompanying the mixing of acetone and methanol is calculated in the entire composition range by the method of thermodynamic integration using three different potential model combinations of the two compounds. In the first system, both molecules are described by the OPLS, and in the second system, both molecules are described by the original TraPPE force field, whereas in the third system a modified version of the TraPPE potential is used for acetone in combination with the original TraPPE model of methanol. The results reveal that, in contrast with the acetone-water system, all of these three model combinations are able to reproduce the full miscibility of acetone and methanol, although the thermodynamic driving force of this mixing is very small. It is also seen, in accordance with the finding of former structural analyses, that the mixing of the two components is driven by the entropy term corresponding to the ideal mixing, which is large enough to overcompensate the effect of the energy increase and entropy loss due to the interaction of the unlike components in the mixtures. Among the three model combinations, the use of the original TraPPE model of methanol and modified TraPPE model of acetone turns out to be clearly the best in this respect, as it is able to reproduce the experimental free energy, internal energy, and entropy of mixing values within 0.15 kJ/mol, 0.2 kJ/mol, and 1 J/(mol K), respectively, in the entire composition range. The success of this model combination originates from the fact that the use of the modified TraPPE model of acetone instead of the original one in these mixtures improves the reproduction of the entropy of mixing, while it retains the ability of the original model of excellently reproducing the internal energy of mixing.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (UMR CNRS A8516), Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille , Bâtiment C5, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Abdenacer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Idrissi
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Polok
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barj
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marekha
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiselev
authors.forename: Pál
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jedlovszky
mesh_terms: D000096:Acetone / Q000737:chemistry*; D045424:Complex Mixtures; D003198:Computer Simulation; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D045424:Complex Mixtures; D000096:Acetone; D000432:Methanol