抄録
Molecular association is ubiquitous in hydrogen-bonding (H-bonding) liquids and is believed to play crucial roles in the determination of their physical properties. Although systems consisting of small and simple molecules are generally preferable for detailed studies from the basic point of view, this is not the case here because such molecules possibly form extending networkand/or chains through H-bonds, thus resulting in complexity and difficulty. Based on a thermodynamic discussion, a simple model is proposed of associating liquids in which small cyclic oligomers are preferably formed. Characteristic temperature dependences in thermodynamic, dielectric and spectroscopic (FT-IR and 1H NMR) properties of liquids of some alcohols with bulky substituents are well described by the model.