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ABSTRACT

The solubility of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) in nine pure solvents (methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, acetone, acetonitrile, methyl acetate and ethyl acetate) and two binary solvent mixtures of (methanol + acetonitrile) and (n-butanol + acetonitrile) was determined by a static method using UV-Vis spectroscopy at temperatures ranging from (273.15 to 313.15) K. Expectedly, the solubility displays monotonously rising temperature-dependence, and the most remarkable change was found in acetonitrile. In binary solvent mixtures, TMP solubility bears a maximum value at 0.8 mole fraction of alcohols independent of both temperature and solvent nature. The statistical correlations were well performed by h equation, Apelblat equation and NRTL model, and the NRTL model achieves the best fitting results. The mixing enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs free energy were derived based on thermodynamic relations and NRTL model. The results suggest a spontaneous and entropy-driven mixing process of TMP in studied solvent systems. The solubility data, correlated models, and derived thermodynamic functions provide thermodynamic fundamentals for separation and purification of TMP crystallization in industrial production.