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. 2008 Feb 5;9(1):205–216. doi: 10.1208/s12249-008-9033-0

Table V.

Thermodynamic Functions of Solubility and Solvation Processes of 2-, 3-, and 4-Acetaminophens in Solvents Studied

Solvent Inline graphic a (mol frac) Inline graphic b (kJ mol−1) Inline graphic c (kJ mol−1) Inline graphic (kJ mol−1) Inline graphic (J K−1 mol−1) Inline graphic d (kJ mol−1) Inline graphic e (kJ mol−1) Inline graphic (kJ mol−1) Inline graphic (J K−1 mol−1) ζHsolv (%) ζTSsolv (%)
2-Acetaminophen
n-Hexane 4.98 × 10−6 30.3 36.6 ± 0.9 6.3 21 ± 1 22.5 85.2 62.7 210 57.6 42.4
Water 1.34 × 10−4 22.1 20.7 ± 0.7 −1.4 −4.7 ± 1 30.7 101.1 70.4 236 59.0 41.0
n-Octanol 5.63 × 10−3 12.8 24.6 ± 0.7 11.8 40 ± 1 40.0 97.2 57.2 192 63.0 37.0
3-Acetaminophen
n-Hexane 5.13 × 10−6 30.2 53.7 ± 1.7 23.5 79 ± 1 26.2 56.3 30.1 101 65.2 34.8
Water 1.58 × 10−3 16.0 35.6 ± 0.9 19.6 66 ± 1 40.4 75.4 35.0 117 68.3 31.7
n-Octanol 3.88 × 10−2 8.1 18.2 ± 0.3 10.1 34 ± 1 48.3 92.8 44.5 149 67.6 32.4
4-Acetaminophene
n-Hexane 4.12 × 10−6 30.7 41.9 ± 0.7 11.2 37.6 29.3 76.0 46.7 157 61.9 38.1
Water 1.72 × 10−3 15.8 21.8 ± 0.1 6.0 20.1 44.2 96.1 51.9 174 64.9 35.1
n-Octanol 2.47 × 10−2 6.0f 11.7 ± 0.2 5.7 19.1 54.0 106.2 52.2 175 65.5 34.5

aThe experimental error within 2%

bCalculated from the temperature dependence of solubility data

c Inline graphic

d Inline graphic

ePerlovich et al. (4)

fTaking into account activity coefficient