Herein,
the solubility and thermodynamic characterization solubility
of 3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamic acid (TMCA) were studied by a static equilibrium
method combined with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC),
which provided a significant reference for crystallization and industrial
separation of TMCA. First, the solubility data of TMCA was measured
in 11 industrial common solvents and 4 binary mixed solvents at different
temperatures (278.15–323.15 K) under atmospheric pressure.
The results showed that the solubility of TMCA in the test solvents
was positively correlated with temperature. In binary solvents, the
increase in the mole fraction of the cosolvent also facilitated the
dissolution of TMCA. Then, the monosolvent solubility data obtained
in the experiment were fitted by the Buchowski–Ksiazaczak λh model and modified Apelblat model. The binary mixed solvent
solubility data obtained in the experiment were fitted by the CNIBS/R–K
model, Jouyban–Acree model, and SUN model. Meanwhile, the KAT-LSER
model was also used to explore the effect of the solvation of TMCA.
Furthermore, as can be seen from differential scanning calorimetry
(DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses, the purity of the sample
is without crystal transformation before and after dissolution, indicating
that the physical and chemical properties of the TMCA sample are stable
in the experimental process, and the experimental data have good accuracy
and reliability.