Solubilities of theobromine and caffeine in supercritical carbon dioxide: correlation with density-based models

Autor: Stanley Hartland, G.S. Varadarajan, Shufen Li
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Fluid Phase Equilibria. 68:263-280
ISSN: 0378-3812
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3812(91)85023-n
Popis: Li S., Varadarajan G.S. and Hartland S., 1991. Solubilities of theobromine and caffeine in supercritical carbon dioxide: correlation with density-based models. Fluid Phase Equilibria 68: 263-280. Solubilities of theobromine and caffeine in supercritical carbon dioxide at several different temperatures (40, 60, 80 and 95°C) and pressures from 80 to 300 bar were measured using a dynamic method. The solubilities of theobromine were two orders of magnitude less than those of caffeine even though both compounds are xanthines with very similar chemical structures. The reasons are considered from a thermodynamic viewpoint. The applicability and limitations of three density-based models used to correlate the data are discussed.
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