This
work was devoted to the equilibrium solubility of 2-nitrophenylacetic
acid in 13 neat solvents ethylene glycol (EG), methanol, ethanol,
acetonitrile, n-propanol, isopropanol, water, n-butanol, N,N-dimethylformamide
(DMF), isobutanol, cyclohexane, ethyl acetate, and 1,4-dioxane ranging
from 283.15 to 328.15 K. All determinations were made by the shake-flask
technique at a pressure of p = 101.2 kPa. The mole
fraction solubility magnitudes of 2-nitrophenylacetic acid increased
gradually with the rising investigated temperature and presented a
decreasing trend in the 13 neat solvents: DMF > (1,4-dioxoane,
methanol) > ethanol (ethyl acetate) > n-propanol
> n-butanol > isopropanol > EG > acetonitrile
> isobutanol > water > cyclohexane. The method of linear
solvation energy relationships was employed here to inspect the solvent–solvent
and solute–solvent interactions. The solvent descriptors of
the Hildebrand solubility parameter and polarizability/dipolarity
presented great influence upon the solubility magnitudes of the solute
2-nitrophenylacetic acid. The obtained solubility values in mole fraction
were correlated mathematically via four models/equations, namely, λh, non-random two-liquid, Apelblat, and Wilson. The maximum
value of relative average deviation (RAD) was 3.68 × 10–2, and the maximum value of root-mean-square deviations was 116.78
× 10–4. The RAD values by using the Apelblat
equation were smaller than that by using the other equations/models
for a fixed solvent. Additionally, the dissolution properties, activity
coefficient, and reduced excess enthalpy under the conditions of infinite
dilution were obtained through the Wilson model.