Excess partial molar enthalpies of 1-propanol,
H1PE, were measured at 25°C in ternary 1-propanol–acetone (or tetramethyl urea)–H
2O, with various initial compositions of acetone (or tetramethyl urea). They were determined accurately and in small increments in mole fraction of 1-propanol. It was therefore, possible to take a derivative of
H1PE with respect to the amount of 1-propanol,
n1P,
H1P–1PE≡N(∂H1PE/∂n1P). The changes in the mole fraction dependence of
H1PE and hence,
H1P–1PE caused by adding a third component, acetone or tetramethyl urea, were compared with the results of analogous earlier studies with urea and 2-propanol as a third component. The effects of acetone and tetramethyl urea were found qualitatively the same. The CH
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group in each compound works as a typical hydrophobic moiety and enhances the hydrogen bond network of H
2O in the immediate vicinity of solute molecule (“iceberg formation”) with concomitant reduction of the hydrogen bond probability of H
2O. The C
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O group on the other hand, seems to reduce the degree of fluctuation in the hydrogen bond strength in the bulk H
2O away from the solute.