Abstract
The heats of solution of tigogenin C27H44O3 in dioxane at dilutions equal to 1: 9000, 1: 18 000, and 1: 36 000 (mol solute/mol solvent) have been studied by isothermal calorimetry. The standard enthalpy of C27H44O3 solution in dioxane at infinite dilution was derived by the mathematical processing of the calorimetric data. Dynamic calorimetry over the range 173–423 K has been used to study the heat capacity of tigogenin. The C p o ∼ f(T) plot has a jump at 298.15. K. The standard enthalpies of formation and combustion and the heat of melting of tigogenin have been indirectly calculated.