Solubility, MD simulation, thermodynamic properties and solvent effect of perphenazine (Form I) in eleven neat organic solvents ranged from 278.15 K to 318.15 K

•Solubility of perphenazine (Form I) in eleven neat organic solvents was measured.•The KAT-LSER model was adopted to analyze the solvent effect.•Four activity coefficient models (Margules, NRTL NRTL-SAC UNIQUAC) were chosen to correlate solubility data.•Molecular dynamics simulation was used to simulate the effect of solute-solvent interaction on the dissolution process.•Thermodynamic properties of the solution were calculated. Perphenazine has rather effective in the treatment of mental illness. In this work, the solid-liquid equilibrium data of perphenazine in eleven organic neat solvents were determined by laser dynamic method under the atmospheric pressure and temperature range of 278.15 K ∼ 318.15 K. The selected solvents were n-propanol, n-butyl alcohol, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, n-propyl acetate, n-amyl acetate, N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC), acetone, 2-methoxyethanol, glycol ether, respectively. From the results, the solubility of perphenazine is all positively correlated with temperature. Separately, we have adopted the KAT-LSER model and molecular dynamics simulation to investigate the influence of solvent effects and solute-solvent interaction on solute solubility. Meanwhile, there were four activity coefficient models being used to correlate the solubility data and Average relative deviation of models are 4.13% (Margules model), 3.94% (NRTL model), 4.49% (NRTL-SAC model) and 3.06% (UNIQUAC model), respectively, all of which do not exceed 5%. It manifests that the four activity coefficient models can fit the experimental values well, in which the UNIQUAC model gives the best regression effect. Moreover, the apparent thermodynamic properties(△solG°, △solH° and △solS°) of perphenazine in various solvents were calculated by Van’t Hoff equation. In accordance with the analysis and calculation of dissolution, the dissolution process is an endothermic entropy-driven process. This research can provide basic data for the crystallization process of perphenazine.