The
solubilities of 3-aminophenol in monosolvents (ethyl acetate,
isopropyl acetate, n-butyl acetate, amyl acetate,
1,2-dichloroethane, trichloromethane, benzene, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran,
and acetonitrile) and binary solvent mixtures (1,4-dioxane + water,
tetrahydrofuran + water, and acetonitrile + water) were determined
by a static gravimetric method at temperatures ranging from 283.15
to 328.15 K under atmospheric pressure. The solubility of 3-aminophenol
in all solvent systems is positively correlated with temperature.
In monosolvents, the solubility order of 3-aminophenol was as follows:
THF > 1,4-dioxane > acetonitrile > ethyl acetate > isopropyl
acetate
> n-butyl acetate > amyl acetate > 1,2-dichloroethane
> trichloromethane > benzene. The maximum solubility value occurred
in 1,4-dioxane (x
1 = 0.3700 mol·mol–1, T = 328.15 K), and the minimum
solubility value occurred in benzene (x
1 = 0.0005505 mol·mol–1, T = 288.15 K). In general, the solubility of 3-aminophenol in 1,4-dioxane
+ water and THF + water is greater than that in acetonitrile + water.
There is a cosolvency phenomenon of 3-aminophenol in the solvents
of 1,4-dioxane + water and acetonitrile + water. The experimental
solubility data were correlated by the modified Apelblat model, the
Yaws model, the λh model, the Sun model, the
modified Jouyban–Acree model, and the Wilson model. The modified
Apelblat model best fitted the experimental data among all of the
selected models in monosolvents (with relative average deviation (RAD)
and root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) less than 0.0156 and 0.001212,
respectively) and binary solvent mixtures (with RAD and RMSD less
than 0.0102 and 0.001408, respectively). Based on the experimental
data of the solubility of 3-aminophenol in mono and binary solvents,
the Wilson model was used to calculate the dissolution properties
(Δdis
H, Δdis
S, and Δdis
G). The results
indicate that the dissolution process of 3-aminophenol is endothermic,
entropy-increasing, and spontaneous. All of the selected models for
both mono and binary solvents provide satisfactory correlation results.