The
solubility of edaravone in four mixed solvents including (ethyl
acetate + n-propanol), (acetonitrile + methanol),
(acetonitrile + ethanol), and (acetonitrile + n-propanol)
was determined by using the isothermal saturation method at temperatures
ranging from (273.15 to 313.15) K under 101.3 kPa. At a certain composition
in the four mixed solvents, the solubility data of edaravone increased
with the rising temperature. At a certain temperature, the solubility
data decreased monotonically with the increasing mass fraction of
acetonitrile in the mixture of (acetonitrile + n-propanol).
Whereas in (ethyl acetate + n-propanol), (acetonitrile
+ methanol), and (acetonitrile + ethanol), it increased first and
then decreased with the increasing mass fraction of ethyl acetate
or acetonitrile. The composition dependence of solubility has a maximum
at around w
ethyl acetate = 0.2 in
(ethyl acetate + n-propanol) or w
acetonitrile = 0.2 in (acetonitrile + ethanol) and w
acetonitrile = 0.4 for mixtures of (acetonitrile
+ methanol). The results obtained in the selected four mixtures were
correlated by the Jouyban–Acree model and CNIBS/R–K
model. The largest relative average deviation and root-mean-square
deviation values were found in (acetonitrile + methanol) calculated
by the Jouyban–Acree model and were no more than 4.71 ×
10–2 and 22.32 × 10–4, respectively.
Statistical analysis of experimental and calculated values shows that
the residual of CNIBS/R–K model is smaller, and the linear
correlation coefficient is closer to 1. Therefore, the CNIBS/R–K
model is more suitable to correlate the solubility values of edaravone
in the four mixed solvents including (ethyl acetate + n-propanol), (acetonitrile + methanol), (acetonitrile + ethanol),
and (acetonitrile + n-propanol). The experimental
data and model parameters obtained will play an important role in
the preparation and purification of edaravone.