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Solubility of benzene in ethanol
Dear Sir: I was studying the azeotrope of ethanol and benzene and looked up the solubility of these solvents. The article states that benzene is soluble in ethanol at 1.2 ml per liter of ethanol ( 20 degrees C ). This is in error. According to the following references, the two are miscible. These refer to benzene: Miscible with alcohol, chloroform, ether, carbon disulfide, acetone, oils, carbon tetrachloride, and glacial acetic acid O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013., p. 188

Miscible with ethanol, ethyl ether, acetone, chloroform; coluble in carbon tetrachloride Haynes, W.M. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 94th Edition. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton: FL 2013-2014, p. 3-34

Sincerely Yours:

William Scott, B.S. Chemistry, UCBerkeley