A ‘double reciprocal’ analysis of calorimetric data for simultaneous determination of equilibrium constants and enthalpies of complex formation: intermolecular hydrogen bonding in peroxy acid–oxygen base complexes in carbon tetrachloride

Abstract

A ‘double reciprocal’(1/ΔH vs. 1/B₀) analysis has been used in a calorimetric study of hydrogen bonding in some peroxybenzoic acid–oxygen base complexes in carbon tetrachloride; the calculated enthalpy change per mole of hydrogen-bonded complex is sensitive to the acidity of the peroxy acid as well as the basicity of the oxygen base.