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. 2015 Mar 16;3(2):e00122. doi: 10.1002/prp2.122

Table 8.

Solubilities and calculated pKa for compounds analyzed in rats.

Compound λmax EtOH (nm) εEtOH ([mol/L]−1·cm−1) λmax 10% EtOH/Water (nm) ε10% EtOH/Water ([mol/L]−1·cm−1) Water solubility at 20°C (μmol/L) pKa[1] Calc'd
1 260 17,000 260 14,000 0.28 ± 0.02 3.5
2 246 17,000 243 15,000 58 ± 1 −0.4
4 284 24,000 283 18,000 7.6 ± 0.1 3.9
7 252 20,000 243 19,000 49 ± 1 1.8
9 221 (sh) 19,000 220 25,000 67 ± 1 1.7
14 252 17,000 244 17,000 15 ± 1 1.1

A 2.0 mmol/L stock solution in ethanol of each compound was made from which ε was determined from a Beer's law plot of dilutions. A 10 μmol/L solution in 10% ethanol/water of each compound was also made by dissolving 0.020 mmol of each compound in 200 mL of ethanol and then diluting to 2 L with water. Dilutions of the 10 μmol/L solution in 10% ethanol/water were made to determine an equation for the Beer's law plot by linear regression. The water solubility of each compound was estimated by solving the linear regression equation from the Beer's law plot for the 10% ethanol/water solutions with the observed absorbance of saturated aqueous solutions of each compound. Water solubility estimates from measured absorbances are shown as the mean ± standard deviation or the last significant digit, whichever is greater.

1

Calculated pKa values, performed in Gaussian 9.0, using the thermodynamic cycle in Figure1.