Volumetric properties of binary mixtures of 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine with 1,2-ethanediol, methanol, and water, and the association energies of the O-H...N bonded complexes

2,4,6-Trimethylpyridine forms 1:1 complexes with methanol, 1,2-ethanediol, and water due to the O–H· · ·N bonds. The association energy of the complexes was calculated usingMP2 and DFT methods. The complexes with 1,2-ethanediol and water aggregate in the liquid phase as a result of the O–H· · ·O bonds. In spite of the higher O–H· · ·N bond energy, the aggregation of the ethanediolic complexes is less pronounced than that of the aqueous ones. That is probably caused by the weaker induction effect due to the C–C chain separating the hydroxyl groups in the diol molecule. Aggregation is impossible in the methanolic system, because of the lack of proton-donating functional groups. Differences in the hydrogen bond energy and in the ability to aggregate are manifested in the volumetric properties of the mixtures