Isothermal vapor–liquid equilibria for mixtures composed of 1,2-dimethoxybenzene, 2-methoxyphenol, and diphenylmethane

Diphenylmethane was found to be a potential entrainer for separating the closely boiling mixtures of 2-methoxyphenol+1,2-dimethoxybenzene via extractive distillation. To gain insight into the capability of this auxiliary agent, isothermal vapor–liquid equilibrium data were measured for the binary and the ternary mixtures containing 2-methoxyphenol, 1,2-dimethoxybenzene, and diphenylmethane at temperatures from 433.15 to 463.15 K. All the binary data passed thermodynamic consistency tests. However, there exhibits a large discrepancy between the experimental values and the predicted results from the UNIFAC model. The new data were correlated with the Wilson, the NRTL, and the UNIQUAC models, respectively. The model parameters determined from the binary data were applied to predict the phase equilibrium behavior of the ternary system.