The solubilities of caproic acid in aqueous solutions of sodium salts of fivefatty acids (C₁ to C₅) have been measured at 25℃. All these salts increase thesolubilities of caproic acid. The reason for salting-in is due to partial displacement of the salt by thecaproic acid producing a new acid. But the new acid may distribute itself betweenthe aqueous salt, solution phase and the caproic acid phase thus rendering the actualsolubilities less than the calculated values.