Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.5599/admet.3.4.209

Application of the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation to solubility determination: NSC-639829 Case Study

Samuel Yalkowsky ; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Raj Patel ; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Doaa Al-Antary ; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Abstract

A number of publications which challenge the applicability of the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation to
saturated solutions have appeared in the last few years (Avdeef [1-3], Butcher et al. [4], and Volgyi et al.
[5]). In the most recent of these, Butcher et al. [4] suggested “the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation may
not always be an accurate predictor of the pH dependence of solubility.” They claimed that the pKa of 4.70
determined by Jain et al. [6] for NSC-639829 is incorrect and that the value of 3.76, which they obtained by
extrapolation of spectrophotometrically determined pKa values in 22, 30, and 41 percent methanol-water
solutions, is the correct value. We believe that 4.70 is the correct value and that there are several serious
flaws in their analysis. These are described below.

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Hrčak ID:

150560

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/150560

Publication date:

30.12.2015.

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