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Dissolution Flashcards

1
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Why are fewer new medicines increasingly available?

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Increasing in phase 1 and 2 candidates is not always passed through to phase 3

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What does dissolution refer to?

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The process by which a drug molecule moves from solid phase to the liquid phase

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3
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If a drug has low solubility in the body dissolution may be the rate limiting step to absorption and thereafter, therapeutic effect. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

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4
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What are solutions?

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They are a homogenous mixture of two or more pure substances

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5
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In a solution, the solute is not dispersed uniformly thoughout the solvent. TRUE OR FALSE?

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FALSE

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6
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How does a solid dissolve into a liquid?

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Electrostatic in nature

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7
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What drives the dissolution process?

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Water molecules are electrically neutral

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8
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What are the enegetics of this process?

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Thermodynamics (heating)

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9
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If the intermolecular forces between solute and solvent are stronger it is more likely that the solute will dissolve in the solvent. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

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10
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What type of intermolecular forces may occur between solute and solvent?

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Hydrogen bonds
Dipole-dipole
Van der waals (for ionic species)

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What are vitamins A,D, K and E soluble in?

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Non polar solvents e.g oils

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Vitamin B and C are water soluble. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

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13
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How does a solution form?

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  • Solvent molecules are attracted to surface ions
  • Each ion is surrounded by solvent molecules
  • Energy results in solvation/ hydration (e.g an ionic solid dissolving in water)
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What is a saturated solution?

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  • Solvent holds as much solute as possible at a particular temperature, the undissolved solid remians in the vessel as a sediment
  • Dissolved solute is in dynamic equilbrium with the solid solute particles
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What is an unsaturated solution (sub-saturated)?

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  • contains less than the maximum possible amount of solute at a specific temp
  • There is no excess solid present in the vessel
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16
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Solvents do not hold more solvent than normally possible at a specific temp. TRUE OR FALSE?

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FALSE

17
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Supersaturated solutions are unstable and often result in crystallisation, the opposite of solvation. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

18
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Descibe the mechanism of dissolution?

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  • It is an interfacial reaction (which results in liberation of a solute molecule from solid phase/the solution in contact with the solid will become saturated)
  • Solute molecules migrates through the boundary layers surrounding the solid to the bulk solution
  • The boundary layer is predominately static and surrounds the wetted surface of the solid
  • Mass transfer occurs slowly through the boundary layer to the bulk solution
  • Reaction must be energetically favourable
19
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What is the dissolution boundary layer?

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-A thin layer of solution in contact with the solid (i.e dosage form)

20
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What is dissolution depend on?

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  • The slowest or rate limiting step of the process governed by ficks first law
21
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What does the Noyes and whitney equation describe?

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The rate of dissolution of a solid in a liquid

22
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If C is significantly smaller than Cs, the system is said to be at sink condition allowing the equation to be simplified. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

23
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What does the diffusion coefficient consider?

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  • How temp affects the diffusion coeffcient

- How Viscosity affects diffusion coefficient

24
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What is dissolution rate affected by?

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Temp and viscosity

25
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What is sink conditions?

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-usually when the bulk concentration is significantly lower than the concentration in the boundary layer

26
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What are the factors affecting dissolution?

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  • Surface area - larger SA higher dissolution rate/particle size and porosity
  • Solubility - particle size (solubility increases when particle size is reduced)/ temp solubility increases when temp is increased
  • Solvent choice - co-solvents may alter solubility of drugs
  • Structure of the drug molecule - weak acid/base/hydrophilic
  • Polymorphism - different solid states
  • Thickness of boundary layer
27
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What is the common ion effect?

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-the solubility of one salt is reduced by the presence of another having a common ion

28
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What biological factors affect dissolution?

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  • Viscosity of fluid in the GI tract may be increased by food (this may reduce dissolution rate)
  • Dissolution increases due to the presence and activity of surfactants and bile salts in the gastric fluid
  • Gastric motility can reduce the size of the diffusion layer
  • Gastric pH is acidic - dissolution of weak acids will increase dissolution in the stomach
29
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Polar liquids will dissolve in polar solvents (like dissolves like) due to hydrogen and dipole-dipole interactions. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

30
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Increasing the pressure in a system will significanlty increase the solubility of dissolved gases. TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

31
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What is henry’s law?

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The amount of a gas dissolved in a solution is directly proportional to the pressure of the gas above the solution

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