Modelling the Preferential Solvation of Ferulic Acid in {2-Propanol (1) + Water (2)} Mixtures at 298.15 K

Recently Haq et al. reported the equilibrium solubility in {2-propanol (1) water (2)} mixtures at several temperatures with some numerical correlation analysis. Nevertheless, no attempt was made to evaluate the preferential solvation of this compound by the solvents.
Preferential solvation of ferulic acid in the saturated mixtures at 298.15 K was analyzed based on the inverse Kirkwood-Buff integrals as described in the literature.
Ferulic acid is preferentially solvated by water in water-rich mixtures (0.00 These results could be interpreted as a consequence of hydrophobic hydration around the non-polar groups of the solute in the former case (0.00