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The system water-alcohol-alkane has been studied at 25°C as a possible model system for micelles. The solubility of water in pure alcohols and in octane in the presence of alcohol has been determined. The data suggest that water may enter the octane phase hydrogen bonded to the hydroxyl group of the alcohol. If this system has any bearing on aqueous micellar solutions, it seems possible that solubilized alcohol molecules may carry water into the micellar interior. Addition of 1,2-propanediol does not increase the water content in octane, probably because dimerization of the diol in octane is energetically more favorable than diol-water interactions.
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Backlund, S., Høiland, H. & Vikholm, I. Water-alcohol interactions in the two-phase system water-alcohol-alkane. J Solution Chem 13, 749–755 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00649012
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