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In this paper, the flufenamic acid equilibria in aqueous solution and in two-phase organic solvent + aqueous solution are described and presented. The dissociation constants K a1 and K a2 were determined in MDM + water mixtures. The Yashuda-Shedlovsky extrapolation procedure has been used to obtain the values of K a1 and K a2 in aqueous solutions. The distribution ratio D was measured in the toluene + water system over a wide range of pH by the shaking flask method. Based on the results of potentiometric titrations in two-phase organic solvent (benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, chlorobenzene, and bromobenzene) + aqueous systems, and using models of single and multistep equilibria, the values of distribution constants K D and dimerization constants K dim were calculated. The influences of polarity of the applied solvents and pH of the aqueous phase, on the speciation of the particular forms of flufenamic acid in both phases, were demonstrated.
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Zapała, L. Potentiometric Studies on the Equilibria of Flufenamic Acid in Aqueous Solutions and in Two-phase Organic Solvent + Water Systems. J Solution Chem 40, 198–210 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-010-9642-6
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