Solubility of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS) in various mass fraction compositions of water + 1-propanol solvent mixtures at (293.2, 298.2, 303.2, 308.2, and 313.2) K was measured using a laser monitoring technique. The generated data were mathematically represented using the Jouyban−Acree model. The correlated mole fraction solubilities are in good agreement with the corresponding experimental values as documented by an overall mean percentage deviation of 2.3 %. Densities of TRIS saturated solutions in water and 1-propanol at various temperatures were measured and employed to predict the density of TRIS saturated solutions in their binary solvent mixtures using a well-established method.
■ INTRODUCTIONBuffering agents dissolved in mixed solvents are used as mobile phases and/or background electrolytes in analytical separation methods such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) or capillary electrophoresis (CE) where the low solubility of the buffering agents at higher concentrations of the organic solvent may cause practical problems. The addition of organic solvents to aqueous solutions may improve the solubility of the analyte, the resolution of the peaks of various analytes, or determine other relevant analytical parameters like pK a values, partition coefficients, or electrophoretic and electroosmotic mobilities. 1 Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS), the chemical abstract service number of 77-86-1 and acid dissociation constant (pK a ) of 8.1, is a common buffering agent in chemical and biochemical areas. It possesses good solubility in water; however, in many applications, organic solvents are added to the aqueous solutions to alter some other parameters. The addition of organic solvents to the aqueous solutions causes some solubility problems for TRIS, and the solubility data of TRIS in water + organic solvent mixtures are required in practice. The available solubility data of TRIS in various solvent mixtures is reviewed in a recent publication along with a report of TRIS solubility in water + methanol mixtures at 293.2 K to 313.2 K.2 A quick survey on the published HPLC and CE methods for pharmaceutical analysis showed that TRIS buffer has been used in water +1-propanol (1-PrOH) with considerable frequency.
3Owing to practical importance and to continue our systematic investigations on the solubility of solutes in solvent mixtures, the solubility of TRIS in aqueous mixtures of 1-PrOH at different temperatures is measured using a lab-made setup. This setup has been validated using measured solubilities of acetaminophen (as a nonelectrolyte) and TRIS (as an electrolyte) and their comparison with previously reported data taken from the literature.2,4 To provide a predictive tool for the calculation of the solubility of TRIS at any composition of the binary solvent mixture and temperatures, the data are fitted to the Jouyban−Acree model and its combined version with the van't Hoff equation.