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This paper presents an interpretation on the behaviour of mixtures containi
ng alkyl methanoates with n-alkanes from a structural point of view. New ex
perimental data of molar excess properties, h(E) and v(E), are measured at
298.15 K and 101.32 kPa for this work to complete the existing information.
Mixtures corresponding to methyl methanoate + n-alkanes showed excess quan
tities higher than expected because of the self-association of methyl metha
noates, which decreases as the chain length/molar mass of alkyl methanoates
increases. The consideration of autoassociation in methanoates, presented
in this paper as an empirical relationship for its characterization as a fu
nction of number of carbon atoms of alkyl methanoate, was included as a spe
cific term in the UNIFAC model that gave excellent results in the predictio
ns of H-E, with mean differences smaller than 2%. In the Nitta model the as
sociation in methanoates was considered employing different forms of molecu
lar interactions but the results were not so good.