Thermodynamic analysis of celecoxib in amphiprotic and amphiprotic-aprotic solvent mixtures at several temperatures

The solubilities of celecoxib (CLX), a COX-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, were determined in water-ethanol and ethanol-ethyl acetate mixtures at several temperatures (288.15-308.15 K). The solubility curves as a function of ethanol ratio were studied at five temperatures, they showed a single maximum located at 50% ethanol-ethyl acetate (δ1 = 22.50 MPa1/2). The measurements of the variation of inherent drug solubility with temperature were used to estimate different thermodynamic parameters, enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs free energy of solution (ΔHS,ΔSS and ΔGShm, respectively). The apparent enthalpies of the solution were a nonlinear function of the ethanol ratio in aqueous mixture. Non-linear enthalpy-entropy compensation analysis was observed indicating different dissolution mechanism with the variation in mixtures composition. The solubility enhancement is entropy driven at water-rich region (0-40% v/v ethanol) and enthalpy controlled at ethanol-rich region (40–100% v/v ethanol), likely due to water-structure loss around nonpolar moieties of the drug and for the ethanol-rich mixtures it is the enthalpy, probably due to the drug better solvation.

Activity and diffusivity of oxygen in the liquid dilute BixSb1-x solutions

The diffusivity and activity coefficient of oxygen in liquid antimony, bismuth and antimony-bismuth alloys were determined from coulometric titration experiments, which were performed in the temperature range from 985 to 1185 K. The diffusivity in pure metals (in cm2/s) is: Dbi,O =(9.04 ? 1.82)?10-3 exp (-49115?1809/RT) DSb,O(2.87?0.22)?10-4 exp (-16720?677/RT). The standard free energy of solution of oxygen in liquid antimony, bismuth and antimony-bismuth alloys according to the reaction ? O2 (g) = O (infinite dilution) is calculated. The activity coefficient of oxygen was calculated at 1085 K as a function of the alloy composition. It was demonstrated that Wagner's model with one adjustable parameter h gave a satisfactory description of the experimental data.

Gas and solution phase thermochemistry and transition energies of NH2• and NH3•+, and their aquo complexes: an ab initio study

Ab initio calculations were performed on several aquo complexes of NH2•, and NH3•+, and on monomeric parent species. The geometries were optimized at the HF/6-31 + G* level and the vibrational frequencies were calculated. The total energies and the binding energies of complexes were evaluated at the MP2/6-31 + G* + ZPE level of theory. Gas and aqueous solution phase thermodynamic properites of NH2• and NH3•+ and several other species were calculated. The examination of solution phase properties of the radicals was facilitated by study of the structures and transition energies of aquo complexes. H-bonding interaction energies decreased in the order [Formula: see text] but were generally stronger than σ–σ* interactions involving the unpaired electron. From calculations with the CIS method, the weak absorption observed at 520 nm for aqueous NH2• is confirmed as a 2B1 → 2A1 transition, while the stronger NH2• absorption occurring below 250 nm and the absorption of NH3•+, which rises monotonically below 370 nm, are attributed to solvent-to-solute charge transfer bands. The solution free energies and related E0 values for NH2• and NH3•+ are in agreement with those of Stanbury. The ab initio structure studies show that water protons are bound to N, and proton transfer from solvent in reaction [18], NH2• + e− + H2O → NH3 + OH−, is likely to be the dominant redox reaction of NH2• in alkaline solution. The free energy of solution of NH3•+ is shown to be larger than that of [Formula: see text].