Skip to main content
. 2012 Apr 30;80(2):487–496. doi: 10.3797/scipharm.1107-17

Tab. 1.

Solubility, pKa, MW, log P and structural change of selected acidic drugs.

Drugs -CH-COOH X Log P [11] O/W Log P CH/W MW pKa [10] Solubility water 25°C (mg/mL)
Diclofenac (D) -H 4.40 2.09 296.20 4.5 6.00 10−3 [6]
Flurbiprofen (F) -CH3 4.24 1.87 244.26 4.2 2.70 10−2 *
Indomethacin (I) -H 4.27 0.82 357.81 4.5 4.00 10−3 [7]
Ketoprofen (K) -CH3 3.12 1.48 254.29 4.8 1.69 10−1 [8]
Naproxen (N) -CH3 3.34 0.89 230.26 4.2 3.10 10−2 [9]
*

The solubility of Flurbiprofen was determined experimentally.