Experimental analysis and modeling of aprepitant (an antiemetic drug for chemotherapy) solubility in subcritical water with/without co-solvent

Abstract

This action described the experimental equilibrium solubility of aprepitant (APT), an antiemetic drug for chemotherapy, in subcritical water (SW) with/without ethanol as co-solvent, acquired through a static method between 298.15 and 393.15 K and 0–15 % (w/w) of ethanol and the constant pressure of 10 bar. The mole fraction of APT was obtained in the range of 0.39×10⁻⁴ to 9.10×10⁻⁴ while its mole fraction by cosolvent varied from 0.75×10⁻⁴ to 22.98×10⁻⁴. The obtained results represented the significant effect of solvent temperature on the solubility of APT. For both studied systems, the solubility data was successfully correlated with two well-known semi-empirical temperature-based models, namely the linear and modified Apelblat models. Results from applying statistical criteria exhibited that the modified Apelblat model had the highest accordance with experimental data. Finally, using the obtained correlation results, the apparent thermodynamic analysis including enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs free energy of dissolution for APT dissolved in SW was obtained.