title: Solubility-pH profiles of some acidic, basic and amphoteric drugs.
abstract: The solubility vs. pH profiles of five ionizable drugs of different nature (a monoprotic acid, a monoprotic base, a diprotic base and two amphoteric compounds showing a zwitterionic species each one) have been determined through two different methodologies: the classical shake-flask (S-F) and the potentiometric Cheqsol methods using in both instances the appropriate Henderson-Hasselbalch (H-H) or derived relationships. The results obtained independently from both approaches are consistent. A critical revision about the influence of the electrolyte used as buffering agent in the S-F method on the obtained solubility values is also performed. Thus, some deviations of the experimental points with respect the H-H profiles can be attributed to specific interactions between the buffering electrolyte and the drug due to the hydrotrophic character of citric and lactic acids. In other cases, the observed deviations are independent of the buffers used since they are caused by the formation of new species such as drug aggregates (cefadroxil) or the precipitation of a salt from a cationic species of the analyzed compound (quetiapine).
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Analítica, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shoghi
authors.forename: Elisabet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fuguet
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ràfols
mesh_terms: D000070:Acebutolol / Q000737:chemistry*; D002021:Buffers; D002434:Cefadroxil / Q000737:chemistry*; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010226:Parabens / Q000737:chemistry*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry; D011199:Potentiometry; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D012995:Solubility; D013412:Sulfadimethoxine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines; D010226:Parabens; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D002434:Cefadroxil; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D013412:Sulfadimethoxine; D000070:Acebutolol; C006068:propylparaben