The
solubility of 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid in ten commonly used
solvents and binary mixtures under atmospheric pressure was determined
with a gravimetric method as temperature varied from 293.15 to 333.15
K. Methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, isobutanol, acetone, acetic acid, methyl acetate,
and ethyl acetate were used as pure solvents for 3,2-HNA, and ethanol
plus n-propanol were selected as binary mixed solvents.
What can be concluded is that
the solubility of 3,2-HNA in all kinds of solvents increases as temperature
increases. In addition, empirical equations, containing the modified
Apelblat equation and λh equation, and activity
coefficient models, such as the non-random two liquid (NRTL) model
and the universal quasi-chemical (UNIQUAC) model, were chosen for
correlation with the solubility data. The correlation results agreed
with the measured data very well. Therefore, the measured results
and thermodynamic study of 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid will provide
help for its practical industrial production.