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Crystal Polymorphism (crystal + polymorphism)
Selected AbstractsCrystal polymorphism in a carbamazepine derivative: OxcarbazepineJOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, Issue 2 2010Katie M. Lutker Abstract Although crystal polymorphism of carbamazepine (CBZ), an anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy, has been known for decades, the phenomenon has only recently been noted for its keto-derivative oxcarbazepine (OCB). Here it is demonstrated that OCB possesses at least three anhydrous polymorphs. Although all forms are morphologically similar, making differentiation between crystal modifications by optical microscopy difficult, powder X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and thermomicroscopy show distinctive differences. These techniques provide an efficient method of distinguishing between the three polymorphs. The crystal structure of form II of OCB is reported for the first time and the structure of form I has been redetermined at low temperature. Remarkably, both the molecular conformation and crystal packing of form II are in excellent agreement with the blind prediction made in 2007. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association J Pharm Sci 99:794,803, 2010 [source] Polymorphism and pseudopolymorphism of salicaine and salicaine hydrochloride crystal polymorphism of local anaesthetic drugs, part VJOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, Issue 5 2006A.C. Schmidt Abstract The local anaesthetic drug salicaine hydrochloride (hydroxytetracaine hydrochloride, 4-butylamino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid 2-dimethylaminoethyl ester hydrochloride, SLCHC) and the free-base salicaine (SLC) were characterized by thermal analysis, vibrational and solid-state NMR-spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, X-ray single crystal structure analysis, and water vapor sorption analysis. Additionally, the crystal structures of the anhydrate mod. II° (monoclinic, space group P21/n), the hydrated mod. I (triclinic, space group ), and of the free base (SLC) in the form of the hemihydrate (triclinic, space group ) are discussed. Mod. II° of the polymorphic SLCHC is the thermodynamically stable form at room temperature and is present in commercial products mostly contaminated with a hydrated form that is isomorphic with mod. I. Mod. II° crystallizes from most organic solvents and from the melt below 110°C. Mod. I crystallizes from the melt at temperatures above 110°C, and additionally appears on dehydration of the hydrated mod. I. A third polymorph monotropically related to mod. II° was found by freeze-drying. The free-base SLC was found to crystallize from ethanol/water as a triclinic hemihydrate. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association J Pharm Sci 95:1097,1113, 2006 [source] Structural effects of monovalent anions on polymorphic lysozyme crystalsACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D, Issue 7 2001M. C. Vaney Understanding direct salt effects on protein crystal polymorphism is addressed by comparing different crystal forms (triclinic, monoclinic, tetragonal and orthorhombic) for hen, turkey, bob white quail and human lysozymes. Four new structures of hen egg-white lysozyme are reported: crystals grown in the presence of NapTS diffracted to 1.85,Å, of NaI to 1.6,Å, of NaNO3 to 1.45,Å and of KSCN to 1.63,Å. These new structures are compared with previously published structures in order to draw a mapping of the surface of different lysozymes interacting with monovalent anions, such as nitrate, chloride, iodide, bromide and thiocyanate. An analysis of the structural sites of these anions in the various lysozyme structures is presented. This study shows common anion sites whatever the crystal form and the chemical nature of anions, while others seem specific to a given geometry and a particular charge environment induced by the crystal packing. [source] High-Performance Single Crystal Organic Field-Effect Transistors Based on Two Dithiophene-Tetrathiafulvalene (DT-TTF) PolymorphsADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 37 2010Raphael Pfattner Solution prepared single crystal organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) combine low-cost with high performance due to structural ordering of molecules. However, in organic crystals polymorphism is a known phenomenon, which can have a crucial influence on charge transport. Here, the performance of solution-prepared single crystal OFETs based on two different polymorphs of dithiophene-tetrathiafulvalene, which were investigated by confocal Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, are reported. OFET devices prepared using different configurations show that both polymorphs exhibited excellent device performance, although the ,-phase revealed charge carrier mobility between two and ten times higher in accordance to the closer stacking of the molecules. [source] | ||||||||||