RESUMO
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have recently been getting a great deal of attention in many fields of science and technology. The objective of this study was to peruse the solubility of indomethacin (IMC) as sparingly soluble drug in some tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB)-based DESs (TBAB/ethylene glycol and TBAB/glycerol). The shake flask method has been employed in this study at temperature ranges T = (298.15-313.15) K and atmospheric pressure (pP = 86.6 kPa). The results showed that the solubility of IMC in TBAB/ethylene glycol system was obtained approximately 17,000-fold more than its solubility in water. The solubility data were accurately correlated by the famous local composition activity coefficient models including e-NRTL and UNIQUAC. It was also our aim to evaluate Hansen solubility parameters in IMC solubility prediction. These parameters can help to predict the solvent performance during the manufacturing processes and will be useful in guessing solvent behavior in many other fields of effort. The experimental and the Hansen solubility parameters results are very well matched. In addition, the apparent thermodynamic properties of dissolution and mixing were studied in these solutions based on Van't Hoff and Gibbs equations.