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. 2012 Oct 6;6:114. doi: 10.1186/1752-153X-6-114

Table 3.

Enthalpies of solution in phosphate buffer (pH8) and methanol at 25°C, solubility, enthalpies of solvation of Atorvastatin and its solvates

  Solubility in phosphate buffer pH7 (mg/ml) (SsolpH7 ) Molar enthalpy of solution in its own solvent (kJ mol-1)
Enthalpy of solvation ΔsolvH (kJ mol−1) Molar enthalpy of solution (kJ mol-1)
Solvates (ΔsolH2) Atorvastatin Calcium (ATC) (ΔsolH1) Phosphate buffer (pH8) ΔsolH Methanol ΔsolH (methanol)
Atorvastatin Calcium (ATC)
0.166



21.89
19.11
Solvate- I (ATC + 0.5 Isopropyl alcohol))
0.374
−24.45
−13.52
−10.93
2.51
1.15
Solvate- II (ATC + THF)
0.192
−11.32
10.85
−22.17
14.31
9.95
Solvate- III (ATC + Ethanol)
0.292
−7.61
32.06
35.55
5.46
3.05
Solvate- IV (ATC + 0.5 t-butanol)
0.225
3.16
34.85
−31.69
11.50
5.45
Solvate- V (ATC + methanol)
0.341
2.12
16.35
−19.98
3.85
2.12
Solvate-VI (ATC + 1 Acetone +0.5 Ethanol)
0.245
−10.80
41.20
−48.40
8.35
5.1
Solvate-VII (ATC + 0.5 Ethanol + Water)
0.185
−4.25
112.49
−116.74
16.98
12.7
Solvate- VIII (ATC + 1- butanol) 0.387 −4.6 13.36 −17.96 1.17 0.57