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The prominent variations in acoustical parameters and excess acoustical parameters have been observed in n-hexane solutions containing very low equimolar concentrations of ANIS and amines at 297.15\u2013306.15 K temperatures and at 101 kPa. These results unravel strong solute\u2013solute association between unlike molecules and the dominance of aromatic amine association with ANIS compared to aliphatic\/alicyclic amine systems. The thermodynamic stability of these complexes was assessed by data obtained from Van\u2019t Hoff plots. UV\u2013visible spectra recorded for the four systems confirm the complex formation, and the stability constants (K) deduced from Benesi\u2013Hildebrand plots support the acoustic observations. The possible non-covalent interactions apart from classical N\u2013H---O bonding and the structural fluctuations due to these interactions have been predicted through a quantum computational method. The trend in interaction energy computed by Density functional theory (DFT) supports the trend in experimental K and the hierarchy of strength of complexes. The ANIS\u2013ANI complex is stronger, while the ANIS\u2013OT complex is weaker among the four systems analyzed. 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