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Diffusivities of pseudoplanar molecules at trace concentration in methanol
have been measured at 298.2 K using Taylor's dispersion method. The data of
the polar and nonpolar aromatic solutes are compared, and the effects due
to solute-solvent interactions on diffusion, together with the solvation nu
mbers, are determined. In this study, the effects are combined with the rec
ently developed solute hydrogen-bond scales to unravel hydrogen bonding bet
ween solute and solvent. It is found that the degrees of association of the
solutes with methanol decrease in the sequence hydroquinone>aromatic acids
>phenols>aromatic amines>aprotic aromatic compounds. Except for o-nitrophen
ol, which is capable of intramolecular hydrogen bonding, all aromatic acids
, phenols, and amines studied behave more as hydrogen-bond donor than accep
tor in methanol. The present work also indicates that motions of associated
molecules can be understood in terms of the molecular behavior of nonassoc
iated solutes and the hydrogen-bond acidity/basicity of polar solutes. (C)
1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-9606(99)52306-4].