Spectral-chemometric and quantum-chemical study of the water-acetonitrile system

Abstract

Association of molecules in the solution of acetonitrile and its binary mixtures with water has been studied using spectroscopy in the near-IR region (800–1100 nm) and the chemometric method of independent components implemented as a MILCA algorithm. The decomposition of the spectral curves of solutions has aimed to determine the number, structure, size, and stability of the associates in the wide concentration range (0–100%). The well-known MCR-ALS algorithm has been used to confirm the accuracy of the independent component analysis. Quantum-chemical computation has been performed for particles occurring in the solution. The results explain some abnormalities observed for water-acetonitrile solutions in reversephase chromatography.