Thermodynamic properties of methylprednisolone aceponate

•Temperature dependence of heat capacity of MPA has been measured.•The thermodynamic functions of the MPA have been determined.•Enthalpy of combustion of the methylprednisolone aceponate was measured.

In the present work, temperature dependence of heat capacity of methylprednisolone aceponate has been measured for the first time over the range from 7 K to 346 K by precision adiabatic vacuum calorimetry. Based on the experimental results, the thermodynamic functions of the methylprednisolone aceponate, namely, the heat capacity, enthalpy H°(T)−H°(0), entropy S°(T)−S°(0) and Gibbs function G°(T)−H°(0) have been determined for the range from T/K → 0–333. The enthalpy of combustion (−14304.4 ± 9.1) kJ·mol−1 of the methylprednisolone aceponate was determined for the first time using high-precision combustion calorimeter. The standard molar enthalpy of formation in the crystalline state (−1465.3 ± 9.8) kJ·mol−1 of compound at 298.15 K was derived from the combustion experiments. Using a combination of the adiabatic and combustion calorimetry results the thermodynamic functions of formation of the folic acid dihydrate at T = 298.15 K and p = 0.1 MPa have been calculated.

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