The
solubility of veratric acid (3,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid, with
measured melting point of 453.12 K by differential scanning calorimetry,
DSC) in eight monosolvents, including ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol,
1-butanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, and
2-butanone, and binary mixtures of ethanol + 1-butanol was determined
at (278 to 323) K and atmospheric pressure using a dynamic method.
The modified Apelblat equation and two local composition models (NRTL
and UNIQUAC) were used to correlate the solubility of veratric acid
in pure solvents. The modified Apelblat and the Jouyban–Acree
model were used to correlate the solute solubility in binary mixtures.
A combination of the Jouyban–Acree model and van’t Hoff
equation was used to predict solubility data in the mixed solvents
at different temperatures and gives a reasonable prediction. Each
of the correlation equations selected gives a good description of
the relationship of solubility and the temperature, and correlated
data of the modified Apelblat equation show the best agreement with
the experimental data, with the overall relative average deviations
values of 0.61 % and 0.62 % in pure solvents and binary mixtures,
respectively.