The
effect of 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium salicylate, [HMIm][Sal]
as an ionic liquid form of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API-IL)
on the thermodynamic behavior of two simple amino acids, glycine and l-alanine have been investigated. The densities, speeds of sound,
viscosities, and refractive indices of the amino acids in the mixtures
of ([HMIm][Sal] + water) have been determined at T = 298.15 K. Moreover, the electrical conductivities of the studied
API-IL in water and aqueous mixtures of the amino acids have been
calculated using the measured specific conductivities. The measured
data were utilized to compute the partial molar volume of transfer
(Δtra
V
ϕ
0), partial molar isentropic compressibility
of transfer (Δtra
κ
ϕ
0), viscosity B-coefficient of transfer (Δtra
B), ion association constant (K
A), and molar refraction (R
D) quantities.
The increase in the positive values of Δtra
V
ϕ
0, Δtra
κ
ϕ
0 and Δtra
B with an increase in the API-IL concentration
indicates that the ion–polar and polar–polar interactions
between the API-IL and amino acid are dominant. Besides, the decrease
in the K
A values of [HMIm][Sal] with the
addition of amino acid concentration suggests that the formation of
ion pair does not proceed spontaneously due to the ions solvated by
the zwitterions of amino acid.