Solubility of butyl paraben in methanol, ethanol, propanol, ethyl acetate, acetone, and acetonitrile

Yang, Huaiyu and Rasmuson, Åke C. (2010) Solubility of butyl paraben in methanol, ethanol, propanol, ethyl acetate, acetone, and acetonitrile. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 55 (11). pp. 5091-5093. ISSN 0021-9568 (https://doi.org/10.1021/je1006289)

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Abstract

The solubility of butyl paraben (butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate) have been determined in methanol, ethanol, propanol, acetone, ethyl acetate, and acetonitrile in the temperature range of (10 to 50) °C by the gravimetric method. The order of the solubility of butyl paraben in the different solvents as mass fraction at 20 °C is: methanol > ethanol > acetone > propanol > ethyl acetate > acetonitrile. In terms of mole fraction solubility, the corresponding order is acetone > propanol > ethanol > ethyl acetate > methanol > acetonitrile, which shows that both nonpolar and polar groups of the paraben molecule influence the solubility in the different solvents.