The Lydersen method is a group contribution method for the estimation of critical properties temperature (Tc), pressure (Pc) and volume (Vc). The method is named after Aksel Lydersen who published it in 1955.[1] The Lydersen method is the prototype for and ancestor of many new models like Joback,[2] Klincewicz,[3] Ambrose,[4] Gani-Constantinou[5] and others.
The Lydersen method is based in case of the critical temperature on the Guldberg rule which establishes a relation between the normal boiling point and the critical temperature.
Guldberg has found that a rough estimate of the normal boiling point Tb, when expressed in kelvins (i.e., as an absolute temperature), is approximately two-thirds of the critical temperature Tc. Lydersen uses this basic idea but calculates more accurate values.
M is the molar mass and Gi are the group contributions (different for all three properties) for functional groups of a molecule.
Group | Gi (Tc) | Gi (Pc) | Gi (Vc) | Group | Gi (Tc) | Gi (Pc) | Gi (Vc) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-CH3,-CH2- | 0.020 | 0.227 | 55.0 | >CH | 0.012 | 0.210 | 51.0 |
-C< | - | 0,210 | 41.0 | =CH2,#CH | 0.018 | 0,198 | 45.0 |
=C<,=C= | - | 0.198 | 36.0 | =C-H,#C- | 0.005 | 0.153 | 36.0 |
-CH2-(Ring) | 0.013 | 0.184 | 44.5 | >CH-(Ring) | 0.012 | 0.192 | 46.0 |
>C<(Ring) | -0.007 | 0.154 | 31.0 | =CH-,=C<,=C=(Ring) | 0.011 | 0.154 | 37.0 |
-F | 0.018 | 0.224 | 18.0 | -Cl | 0.017 | 0.320 | 49.0 |
-Br | 0.010 | 0.500 | 70.0 | -I | 0.012 | 0.830 | 95.0 |
-OH | 0.082 | 0.060 | 18.0 | -OH(Aromat) | 0.031 | -0.020 | 3.0 |
-O- | 0.021 | 0.160 | 20.0 | -O-(Ring) | 0.014 | 0.120 | 8.0 |
>C=O | 0.040 | 0.290 | 60.0 | >C=O(Ring) | 0.033 | 0.200 | 50.0 |
HC=O- | 0.048 | 0.330 | 73.0 | -COOH | 0.085 | 0.400 | 80.0 |
-COO- | 0.047 | 0.470 | 80.0 | -NH2 | 0.031 | 0.095 | 28.0 |
>NH | 0.031 | 0.135 | 37.0 | >NH(Ring) | 0.024 | 0.090 | 27.0 |
>N | 0.014 | 0.170 | 42.0 | >N-(Ring) | 0.007 | 0.130 | 32.0 |
-CN | 0.060 | 0.360 | 80.0 | -NO2 | 0.055 | 0.420 | 78.0 |
-SH,-S- | 0.015 | 0.270 | 55.0 | -S-(Ring) | 0.008 | 0.240 | 45.0 |
=S | 0.003 | 0.240 | 47.0 | >Si< | 0.030 | 0.540 | - |
-B< | 0.030 | - | - |
Acetone is fragmented in two different groups, one carbonyl group and two methyl groups. For the critical volume the following calculation results:
Vc = 40 + 60.0 + 2 * 55.0 = 210 cm3
In the literature (such as in the Dortmund Data Bank) the values 215.90 cm3,[6] 230.5 cm3 [7] and 209.0 cm3 [8] are published.