Determination of L-Glutamine Solubility in 12 Pure Solvent Systems from 283.15 to 323.15 K

Abstract

The mole fraction solubility of L-glutamine in 12 pure solvents (methanol, n-propanol, sec-butanol, 2-butanone, ethanol, acetonitrile, n-butanol, ethyl acetate, n-pentanol, water, n-hexane, and isobutanol) was determined by the static gravimetric method at a temperature range of 283.15–323.15 K under a pressure of 98.8 kPa. The equilibrium solid phase of L-glutamine in the solvent systems was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction analysis. The solubility in the 12 monosolvents was found to increase with absolute temperature. The maximum and minimum values were in water and ethyl acetate, respectively. The empirical solvent polarity parameters (E_T(30)), cohesive energy density, and hydrogen bond donor/acceptor (HBD/HBA) tendencies were employed to analyze the solubility behavior and solvent effects. The solubility data were fitted using the modified Apelblat model and the Yaws model, at the same time, the model parameters and data deviation values were calculated. These two solubility models were evaluated using the Akaike Information Criteria and Akaike weights. The results showed that the modified Apelblat model had better correlation results. The solubility data could be used in the preparation and optimization of L-glutamine crystallization processes.