Thermodynamic solvation of α-amino butyric acid in aqueous mixture of dipolar aprotic N,N-dimethyl formamide

Abstract

Standard transfer free energies (ΔGt0(i)) and entropies (ΔSt0(i)) of α-amino butyric acid from water to aqueous mixture of cationophilic dipolar aprotic N,N-dimethyl formamide have been evaluated at 25 °C from solubility measurements of the amino acid at five equidistant temperatures i.e., from 15 to 35 °C. The chemical effects of the transfer Gibbs energies [ΔG0t,ch(i)] and entropies of transfer [TΔS0t,ch(i)] have been obtained after elimination of cavity effect, estimated by the scaled particle theory and dipole-dipole interaction effects, computed by the use of Keesom-orientation expression. The chemical contribution of transfer energetics of α-amino butyric acid are guided by the composite effects of increased dispersion interaction, basicity effect and decreased acidity, hydrogen bonding effects, hydrophilic hydration and hydrophobic hydration of aqueous DMF mixtures as compared to that of reference solvent, water. © 2013 Asian Journal of Chemistry.