Experimental and thermodynamic analysis on the solubility of valsartan in ethyl acetate plus (butanone, isopropyl ether) binary solvent mixtures (from 278.15 to 323.15 K)

The solubility of valsartan in ethyl acetate + (butanone, isopropyl ether) binary solvent mixtures was measured at temperatures T = 278.15-323.15 K and pressure p = 0.1 MPa with a laser monitoring dynamic technique by a synthetic method. The experimental data were regressed by the modified Apelblat equation, the general single model and the hybrid model. The experimental data are well correlated with the above models because the mean deviations (MDs) are less than 3.79%. The mole fraction solubility of valsartan increases with increase in temperature and enrichment in butanone content, while it decreases with increased mole fraction of isopropyl ether at constant temperature. In addition, thermodynamic studies, including Gibbs energy, entropy and enthalpy, were calculated by van't Hoff analysis. The results showed that the dissolution of valsartan in mixed solvents is endothermic, spontaneous and entropy-driven.