Enthalpies of solution of glycine in aqueous solutions of 1,2-diols and glycerol at 25°C

Dissolution enthalpies of glycine in mixtures of water with 1,2-ethanediol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,2-butanediol, 1,2-pentanediol, 1,3-propanediol and glycerol have been measured at 25°C. The enthalpic pair interaction coefficients of the glycine zwitterion with the polyalcohol molecule have been determined by using the standard solution enthalpies of glycine in water and in aqueous solutions of the polyalcohols. The values of the resultant enthalpic interaction coefficients are interpreted assuming a criterion in the form of the effect of hydrophobic alkyl radicals on the interactions between the hydroxyl groups of polyalcohols and the zwitterion of glycine.