Thermodynamic solubility, solvent effect and preferential solvation analysis of rebamipide in aqueous co-solvent mixtures of propylene glycol, n-propanol, isopropanol and ethanol

Publication date: Available online 31 December 2019Source: The Journal of Chemical ThermodynamicsAuthor(s): Wanxin Li, Ali Farajtabar, Rong Xing, Yiting Zhu, Hongkun Zhao, Rongguan LvAbstractMole fraction solubility of rebamipide (R- and S-enantiomer mixtures with a mole ratio of 50:50) in mixtures of propylene glycol (PG, 1) + water (2), n-propanol (1) + water (2) , isopropanol (1) + water (2) and ethanol (1) + water (2) was reported at temperature range from (273.15 to 318.15) K. All experiments were made by the use of the isothermal saturation technique under ambient pressure of 101.2 kPa. At the same mass fraction proportions of PG, n-propanol, isopropanol or ethanol and temperature, the rebamipide solubility was highest in the PG (1) + water (2) mixture. The solubility data were correlated mathematically through the Jouyban-Acree model, attaining RAD values lower than 6.35 % and RMSD values lower than 6.73×10-6. Quantitative values for local mole fraction of PG (n-propanol, isopropanol or ethanol) and water adjacent the rebamipide were determined by means of the Inverse Kirkwood–Buff integrals method applied to the determined solubility data. The preferential solvation parameters were negative in the water-rich mixtures but positive in the co-solvent compositions from 0 to 0.20 in mole fraction of n-propanol/PG, and from 0 to 0.25 in mole fraction of ethanol/isopropanol, respectively. It was conjectured that the preference of rebamipide in water-rich mixtures could be...

Source: The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics - January 2, 2020 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research