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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: RSC Adv. 2013 Dec 18;4(22):11251–11287. doi: 10.1039/C3RA47191H

Table 3.

Polarity and heat capacity of several glymes

Glyme Dipole moment (D) at 25 °C Dielectric Constant
at 25 °C
Solvatochromic polarity23 Heat capacity at 25 °C
(J mol−1 K−1)

ET(30),
kcal mol−1
ETN
Monoglyme 1.62,75 1.61,57 1.59,76 1.71 (in benzene)76 7.18,77 7.20,72 7.55,78 38.2 0.231 191.1479
Diglyme 1.91,75 1.92,57, 76 1.87,45 1.97 (in benzene)76 7.480 38.6 0.244 277.76,79 276.9,45 279.0581
Triglyme 2.16,57, 762.22 (in benzene)76 7.6252 38.9 0.253 367.78,79 367.3066
Tetraglyme 2.44,762.4555, 76 457.1079