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Rosa Nunes D, Reche-Tamayo M, Ressouche E, Raynal M, Isare B, Foury-Leylekian P, Albouy PA, Brocorens P, Lazzaroni R, Bouteiller L. Organogel Formation Rationalized by Hansen Solubility Parameters: Shift of the Gelation Sphere with the Gelator Structure. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:7970-7977. [PMID: 31117733 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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To rationalize how the gelation ability of a low molecular weight gelator is influenced by its molecular structure, we performed extensive solubility tests of a group of thiazole-based gelators and made use of Hansen solubility parameter formalism. We observe that the increase of a linear alkyl chain in these gelators promotes an increase of the radius of the gelation sphere as well as a gradual shift of its center to lower values of the polar (δP) and hydrogen bonding (δH) components. The molecular packing within the fibers and the crystal habit were determined by a combination of X-ray diffraction and molecular modeling. We attribute the gradual and linear shift of the gelation sphere to the fact that all of the studied gelators share the same molecular packing, so that an increasing length of the alkyl chain reduces the proportion of polar groups at the surface, resulting in a gradual increase in the contact between apolar parts of the fiber and the solvent.
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- Danilo Rosa Nunes
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères , F-75005 Paris , France
- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91400 Orsay , France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères , F-75005 Paris , France
- Service de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux, Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux , Université de Mons , Place du Parc, 20 , B-7000 Mons , Belgium
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- Department of Applied Physics , Aalto University , P.O. Box 15100, FIN-00076 Aalto , Espoo , Finland
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères , F-75005 Paris , France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères , F-75005 Paris , France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91400 Orsay , France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91400 Orsay , France
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- Service de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux, Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux , Université de Mons , Place du Parc, 20 , B-7000 Mons , Belgium
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- Service de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux, Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux , Université de Mons , Place du Parc, 20 , B-7000 Mons , Belgium
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères , F-75005 Paris , France
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Turpin ER, Taresco V, Al-Hachami WA, Booth J, Treacher K, Tomasi S, Alexander C, Burley J, Laughton CA, Garnett MC. In Silico Screening for Solid Dispersions: The Trouble with Solubility Parameters and χFH. Mol Pharm 2018; 15:4654-4667. [PMID: 30142269 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The problem of predicting small molecule-polymer compatibility is relevant to many areas of chemistry and pharmaceutical science but particularly drug delivery. Computational methods based on Hildebrand and Hansen solubility parameters, and the estimation of the Flory-Huggins parameter, χ, have proliferated across the literature. Focusing on the need to develop amorphous solid dispersions to improve the bioavailability of poorly soluble drug candidates, an innovative, high-throughput 2D printing method has been employed to rapidly assess the compatibility of 54 drug-polymer pairings (nine drug compounds in six polymers). In this study, the first systematic assessment of the in silico methods for this application, neither the solubility parameter approach nor the calculated χ, correctly predicted drug-polymer compatibility. The theoretical limitations of the solubility parameter approach are discussed and used to explain why this approach is fundamentally unsuitable for predicting polymer-drug interactions. Examination of the original sources describing the method for calculating χ shows that only the enthalpic contributions to the term have been included, and the corrective entropic term is absent. The development and application of new in silico techniques, that consider all parts of the free energy of mixing, are needed in order to usefully predict small molecule-polymer compatibility and to realize the ambition of a drug-polymer screening method.
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- Eleanor R Turpin
- School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K
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- School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K
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- School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K
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- School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K
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- School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K
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- School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K
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- School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K
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Rosa Nunes D, Raynal M, Isare B, Albouy PA, Bouteiller L. Organogel formation rationalized by Hansen solubility parameters: improved methodology. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:4805-4809. [PMID: 29808203 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00562a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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An organogel is obtained when a low molar mass compound forms a network of anisotropic fibres in a liquid that is therefore transformed into a macroscopic solid. Various approaches have been proposed to correlate organogel formation and Hansen solubility parameters. These approaches are well adapted to specific experimental datasets but lack universality. A general method to determine the gelation domain from the solubility data of low molecular weight gelators is here reported.
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- Danilo Rosa Nunes
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères, F-75005 Paris, France.
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