Spectrophotometric determination of acid dissociation constants of some arylpropionic acids and arylacetic acids in acetonitrile-water binary mixtures at 25ºC

Abstract The acid dissociation constant of drug active compounds (arylpropionic and aryl acetic acids) were determined in acetonitrile and water binary mixtures (corresponding volume fractions of 0.40, 0.45, 0.50, and 0.55) by using a multi-wavelength spectrophotometric method. Drug active compounds, which were slightly soluble in water, were studied in these binary mixtures. The dissociation constants of drug active compounds are important in drug design studies and in any research of the biopharmaceutical and physicochemical properties of drugs. The STAR program was used for the determination of dissociation constants. The acidity constants of arylpropionic and aryl acetic acids were correlated with the Kamlet and Taft solvaatochromic parameters. Aqueous pKa values of these arylpropionic and aryl acetic acids were determined from pKa values obtained from acetonitrile and water binary mixtures with varying volume fractions. The studied drugs had a pKa value corresponding to base functional group. Results showed that the acid dissociation constant values of the drug active compounds increased with an increase in acetonitrile content in the medium.