eprintid: 15187 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/51/87 datestamp: 2023-11-10 03:29:48 lastmod: 2023-11-10 03:29:48 status_changed: 2023-11-10 01:58:51 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Thangarajoo, N. creators_name: Taqvi, S.A.A. creators_name: Matheswaran, P. creators_name: Johari, K. creators_name: Noh, M.H. title: Prediction of infinite dilution activity coefficient of alcohol in ionic liquids using group contribution method ispublished: pub keywords: Alkalinity; Ethanol; Hydrogen bonds; Ionic liquids; Linear regression; Negative ions; Positive ions; Propanol; Thermodynamics, Generalized reduced gradient; Group contribution method; Infinite dilution activity coefficients; Multiple linear regressions; Predictive modeling; Relative deviations; Structural characteristics; Thermodynamics property, Predictive analytics note: cited By 8 abstract: Group contribution (GC) method is one of the predictive models used to estimate the thermodynamics properties of a compound. In this work, GC is applied to develop a predictive model to estimate the infinite dilution activity coefficient (IDAC) of ethanol and propanol in ionic liquids (ILs). Developing a GC model is easier compared to other models that require 3 or more parameters. GC method has rarely been used to estimate the chemical potential of alcohol solutes in ILs. Thus, a simple two parameters van't Hoff model using multiple linear regression (MLR) is applied and fitted by generalized reduced gradient (GRG) non-linear algorithm to calculate the IDAC values of alcohol solutes in ILs. The GC model predicted IDAC values that are based on the structure of interacting species is then, compared to the experimental values obtained from literature. The developed model is known to be in best performance if the differences between predicted and experimental IDAC values are at the least. The percentage of difference or deviation between the estimated and experimental IDAC values was determined using the absolute average relative deviation (AARD). 46 ILs with varying anions and cations are used in developing a predictive model at different temperature based on the alcohol solutes. An overall AARD value of 7.49 and 9.91 is obtained from ethanol and propanol solute, respectively, that was formed by the combination of training and validation set. The efficiency of the model with lesser than 10 deviation has been validated by the comparison between predicted and experimental IDAC values based on anion, cation headgroup, and alkyl chain length. Hydrogen bonding basicity of anion and an increase in the alkyl chain of cation headgroup contribute an important role in their interaction with ethanol and propanol as a notable reduction of IDAC values could be observed. The effect of IL's structural characteristics on IDAC is discernible, which aids in designing several ILs that have enhanced interaction with alcohol solutes. © 2020 date: 2021 publisher: Elsevier B.V. official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096874609&doi=10.1016%2fj.molliq.2020.114723&partnerID=40&md5=03c2529cc56e19ff1dca20b22ff4fb4c id_number: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114723 full_text_status: none publication: Journal of Molecular Liquids volume: 324 refereed: TRUE issn: 01677322 citation: Thangarajoo, N. and Taqvi, S.A.A. and Matheswaran, P. and Johari, K. and Noh, M.H. (2021) Prediction of infinite dilution activity coefficient of alcohol in ionic liquids using group contribution method. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 324. ISSN 01677322