For potential application to the controlled
release of ivermectin from nanoparticle preparations, this study discloses
experimental data on the phase transitions in the CO2,
acetone, and ivermectin system subjected to high pressures. The data
were acquired via the static synthetic method with a variable-volume
view cell in the temperature range of 303.15–333.15 K at pressures
up to 10 MPa using three concentrations of ivermectin B1a in acetone
(0.029, 0.043, and 0.058 mol·kg–1) and CO2 molar fractions of 0.3–0.9. Vapor–liquid-type
phase transitions were observed, characterized as bubbles in the presence
or absence of a solid phase. A solid phase was formed for all ivermectin
B1a concentrations evaluated in this study. Determination of the region
of precipitation of ivermectin is important for identifying the concentration
of the acetone/ivermectin mixture where CO2 will act strongly
as an antisolvent. Thermodynamic modeling was performed by considering
the system as pseudo-ternary based on the low concentration of ivermectin
B1a in the system. Thermodynamics modeling using the Peng–Robinson
cubic state equation with the van der Waals mixing rule (PR-vdW2)
adequately described the experimentally observed trends.