In this paper, the solubility of furosemide in 12 monosolvents
including methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, 1-pentanol, acetone,
2-butanone, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, and water was measured
by using a static gravimetric method within the temperature range
of 283.15 to 323.15 K under atmospheric pressure. The solubility magnitudes
show an increasing tendency with the increase of temperature in all
solvents. Within the entire temperature range, the solubility is the
lowest in water (0.0053 × 10–3 at 283.15 K)
and the highest in 1-pentanol (72.736 × 10–3 at 323.15 K). The rough subsequence of solubility is 1-pentanol
> methanol > n-propanol > ethanol > isopropanol
> sec-butanol > n-butanol
in alcoholic solvents
and acetone >2-butanone > methyl acetate > ethyl acetate
> water in
nonalcohol solvents. The solubility behavior of furosemide is a result
of the combined effects of solvent polarity, solvent–solvent
intermolecular interactions (characterized by cohesive energy density),
and summation of hydrogen bond acceptor propensities. Moreover, the
experimental solubility data were fitted by the models of Apelblat
and Yaws. The results indicate that the two models could both correlate
the experimental values satisfactorily, and the Yaws model is more
appropriate to fit the solubility data of furosemide compared with
the Apelblat model.