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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Chem Theory Comput. 2009 Apr 27;5(5):1315–1327. doi: 10.1021/ct9000608

Table 4.

Calculated and experimental64,65 densities at different concentrations of polyols in a box of water with 1100 water molecules at T = 298.15K and P = 1 atma or 3.5 atmb

Compound Molality (mol/kg) Nsolute Expt (g/cc) Calc (g/cc) % error
Mannitola 0.1999 4 1.0092 1.0228 1.35
0.5998 12 1.0318 1.0414 0.93
0.8006 16 1.0426 1.0503 0.74
0.9995 20 1.0517 1.0584 0.64
Glucitola 0.5085 10 1.0117 1.0368 2.48
1.9508 39 1.0987 1.0921 −0.60
4.0003 79 1.1606 1.1445 −1.39
5.9945 119 1.2052 1.1793 −2.15
Galacticolb 0.0698 2 1.0015 1.0179 1.64
0.1492 3 1.0065 1.0202 1.36
Xylitolb 0.1000 2 1.0022 1.0165 1.43
1.0000 20 1.0427 1.0472 0.43
2.7000 53 1.1019 1.0925 −0.85
Erythritolb 0.4998 10 1.0142 1.0262 1.18
1.0000 20 1.0298 1.0382 0.82
3.0000 60 1.0806 1.0804 −0.02
Ribitolb 0.1042 2 1.0022 1.0164 1.42
0.5092 10 1.0208 1.0315 1.05
3.1769 63 1.1121 1.1047 −0.67
Glycerolb 0.5002 10 1.0075 1.0200 1.24
1.0008 20 1.0171 1.0280 1.07
3.0035 60 1.0497 1.0563 0.63
4.9993 100 1.0750 1.0781 0.29
myo-Inositolb 0.1000 2 1.0046 1.0191 1.44
0.2480 5 1.0163 1.0288 1.23
0.4994 10 1.0351 1.0443 0.89

Average 0.64