Issue 1, 2025

Molecular interactions between surface-active ionic liquids based on 2-hydroxyethylammonium laurate with gabapentin: electrical conductivity and surface tension studies

Abstract

Surface active ionic liquids (SAILs), offer potential advantages for pharmaceutical applications. Given the low permeability of gabapentin, an antiepileptic drug, in the gastrointestinal tract as classified by the Biopharmaceutics Classification Systems (BCS), understanding the micellization behavior of SAILs is essential for developing effective drug delivery systems to improve gabapentin bioavailability. This study explores the micellization and thermophysical behavior of SAILs (2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium laurate [2-HEA][Lau], bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium laurate [BHEA][Lau], and tris(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium laurate [THEA][Lau] in the presence of aqueous gabapentin solution at varied temperatures through COSMO analysis, electrical conductivity and surface tension measurements. The electrical conductivity and surface tension measurements were employed to obtain the critical micelle concentration (CMC) and related thermophysical properties of binary (SAILs + water) and ternary (SAILs + water + gabapentin) systems at (298.15 to 318.15) K such as Π (interface surface pressure), σCMC (CMC point surface tension), Amin (minimum surface area occupied per molecule), Γmax (Gibbs maximum excess surface concentration) have been computed. For better understanding the interactions between these components, Conductor like Screening Model (COSMO) was utilized. The study revealed that CMC values increased with temperature but decreased with increasing gabapentin concentration. Finally, interactions between SAILs and gabapentin were investigated through limiting molar conductivity Λ0, and association constant KA, determination.

Graphical abstract: Molecular interactions between surface-active ionic liquids based on 2-hydroxyethylammonium laurate with gabapentin: electrical conductivity and surface tension studies

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Sep 2024
Accepted
05 Nov 2024
First published
16 Jan 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2025,15, 26-37

Molecular interactions between surface-active ionic liquids based on 2-hydroxyethylammonium laurate with gabapentin: electrical conductivity and surface tension studies

M. Bagheri, F. Ghaffari, H. Shekaari, M. Mokhtarpour and B. Golmohammadi, RSC Adv., 2025, 15, 26 DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06670G

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