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Schröder N, Bartalucci E, Wiegand T. Probing Noncovalent Interactions by Fast Magic-Angle Spinning NMR at 100 kHz and More. Chemphyschem 2024:e202400537. [PMID: 39129653 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202400537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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Noncovalent interactions are the basis for a large number of chemical and biological molecular-recognition processes, such as those occurring in supramolecular chemistry, catalysis, solid-state reactions in mechanochemistry, protein folding, protein-nucleic acid binding, and biomolecular phase separation processes. In this perspective article, some recent developments in probing noncovalent interactions by proton-detected solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy at Magic-Angle Spinning (MAS) frequencies of 100 kHz and more are reviewed. The development of MAS rotors with decreasing outer diameters, combined with the development of superconducting magnets operating at high static magnetic-field strengths up to 28.2 T (1200 MHz proton Larmor frequency) improves resolution and sensitivity in proton-detected solid-state NMR, which is the fundamental requirement for shedding light on noncovalent interactions in solids. The examples reported in this article range from protein-nucleic acid binding in large ATP-fueled motor proteins to a hydrogen-π interaction in a calixarene-lanthanide complex.
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- Nina Schröder
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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Southern SA, Liu DJ, Chatterjee P, Li Y, Perras FA. 1H chemical shift anisotropy: a high sensitivity solid-state NMR dynamics probe for surface studies? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:5348-5360. [PMID: 36399032 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04406d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Dynamics play significant roles in chemistry and biochemistry-molecular motions impact both large- and small-scale chemical reactions in addition to biochemical processes. In many systems, including heterogeneous catalysts, the characterization of dynamics remains a challenge. The most common approaches involve the solid-state NMR measurement of anisotropic interactions, in particular 2H quadrupolar coupling and 1H-X dipolar coupling, which generally require isotope enrichment. Due to the high sensitivity of 1H NMR, 1H chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) is a particularly enticing, and underexplored, dynamics probe. We carried out 1H CSA and 1H-13C dipolar coupling measurements in a series of model supported complexes to understand how 1H CSA can be leveraged to gain dynamic information for heterogeneous catalysts. Mathematical descriptions are given for the dynamic averaging of the CSA tensor, and its dependence on orientation and asymmetry. The variability of the orientation of the tensor in the molecular frame, in addition to its magnitude and asymmetry, negatively impacts attempts to extract quantitative dynamic information. Nevertheless, 1H CSA measurements can reveal useful qualitative insights into the motions of a particularly dilute site, such as from a surface species.
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- Scott A Southern
- Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50014, USA.
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- Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50014, USA.
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- Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50014, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50014, USA
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- Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50014, USA.
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- Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50014, USA.
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Perras FA, Paterson AL, Kobayashi T. Phase-sensitive γ-encoded recoupling of heteronuclear dipolar interactions and 1H chemical shift anisotropy. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2021; 111:101712. [PMID: 33450713 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2020.101712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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γ-encoded recoupling sequences are known to produce strong amplitude modulations that lead to sharp doublets when Fourier transformed. These doublets depend very little on the recoupled tensor asymmetry and thus enable for the straightforward determination of dynamic order parameters. It can, however, be difficult to measure small anisotropies, or small order parameters, using such sequences; the resonances from the doublet may overlap with each other, or with the zero-frequency glitch. This limitation has prevented the widespread use of 1H chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) for the measurement of dynamics, particularly for CH protons which typically have CSAs of only a few ppm when immobile. Here, we introduce a simple modification to the traditional 1H CSA and proton-detected local field pulse sequences that enables the acquisition of a hypercomplex dataset and the removal of the uncorrelated magnetization that results in the zero-frequency glitch. These new sequences then yield a frequency shift in the indirect dimension, rather than a splitting, which is easily identifiable even in cases of weak interactions.
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Hodgkinson P. NMR crystallography of molecular organics. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 118-119:10-53. [PMID: 32883448 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2020.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Developments of NMR methodology to characterise the structures of molecular organic structures are reviewed, concentrating on the previous decade of research in which density functional theory-based calculations of NMR parameters in periodic solids have become widespread. With a focus on demonstrating the new structural insights provided, it is shown how "NMR crystallography" has been used in a spectrum of applications from resolving ambiguities in diffraction-derived structures (such as hydrogen atom positioning) to deriving complete structures in the absence of diffraction data. As well as comprehensively reviewing applications, the different aspects of the experimental and computational techniques used in NMR crystallography are surveyed. NMR crystallography is seen to be a rapidly maturing subject area that is increasingly appreciated by the wider crystallographic community.
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- Paul Hodgkinson
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
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Zhang R, Hong YL, Ravula T, Nishiyama Y, Ramamoorthy A. High-resolution proton-detected MAS experiments on self-assembled diphenylalanine nanotubes enabled by fast MAS and high magnetic field. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 313:106717. [PMID: 32240957 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The advent of ultrahigh magnetic field and fast magic-angle-spinning (MAS) probe technology has led to dramatically enhanced spectral resolution and sensitivity in solid-state NMR spectroscopy. In particular, proton-based multidimensional solid-state NMR techniques have become feasible to investigate the structure and dynamics at atomic resolution, due to the increased chemical shift span and spectral resolution. Herein, the benefits of faster MAS and higher magnetic field are demonstrated on a self-assembled diphenylalanine (Phe-Phe) nanomaterial. Proton-detected 2D 1H/1H single-quantum/single-quantum (SQ/SQ) correlation, double-quantum/single-quantum (DQ/SQ) correlation, and 1H chemical shift anisotropy/chemical shift (CSA/CS) correlation spectra obtained at two different spinning speeds (60 and 100 kHz) and two different magnetic fields (600 and 900 MHz) are reported. The dramatic enhancement of proton spectral resolution achieved with the use of a 900 MHz magnetic field and 100 kHz MAS is remarkable and enabled the measurement of proton CSA tensors, which will be useful to better understand the self-assembled structures of Phe-Phe nanotubes. We also show through numerical simulations that the unaveraged proton-proton dipolar couplings can result in broadening of CSA lines, leading to inaccurate determination of CSA tensors of protons. Thus, our results clearly show the insufficiency of a 600 MHz magnetic field to resolve 1H spectra lines and the inability of a moderate spinning speed of 60 kHz to completely suppress 1H-1H dipolar couplings, which further justify the pursuit of ultrahigh magnetic field beyond 1 GHz and ultrafast MAS beyond 100 kHz.
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- Rongchun Zhang
- Biophysics and Department of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA.
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- Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan; Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Institute for Advanced Study, and AIST-Kyoto University Chemical Energy Material Open Innovation Laboratory (ChEM-OIL), Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Biophysics and Department of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA
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- Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan; NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan; JEOL RESONANCE Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558, Japan
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- Biophysics and Department of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA.
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Rossi F, Duong NT, Pandey MK, Chierotti MR, Gobetto R, Nishiyama Y. Determination of the 15 N chemical shift anisotropy in natural abundance samples by proton-detected 3D solid-state NMR under ultrafast MAS of 70 kHz. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2019; 57:294-303. [PMID: 30684385 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) is a sensitive probe of electronic environment at a nucleus, and thus, it offers deeper insights into detailed structural and dynamic properties of different systems, for example, chemical, biological, and materials. Over the years, massive efforts have been made to develop recoupling methods that reintroduce CSA interaction under magic angle spinning (MAS) conditions. Most of them require slow or moderate MAS (≤20 kHz) and isotopically enriched samples. On the other hand, to the best of the authors' knowledge, no 13 C or 15 N CSA recoupling schemes at ultrafast MAS (≥60 kHz) suitable for cost-effective natural abundant samples have been developed. We present here a proton-detected 3D 15 N CS/15 N CSA/1 H CS correlation experiment which employs 1 H indirect detection for sensitivity enhancement and a γ-encoded RNnν -symmetry-based CSA recoupling scheme. In particular, two different symmetries, that is, R837 and R1049 , are first tested, in a 2D 15 N CSA/1 H CS version, on [U-15 N]-L-histidine·HCl·H2 O as a model sample under 70 kHz MAS. Then the 3D experiment is applied on glycyl-L-alanine at natural abundance, resulting in site-resolved 15 N CSA lineshapes from which CSA parameters are retrieved by SIMPSON numerical fittings. We demonstrate that this 3D R-symmetry-based pulse sequence is highly robust with respect to wide-range offset mismatches and weakly dependent to rf inhomogeneity within mis-sets of ±10% from the theoretical value.
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- Federica Rossi
- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of Torino, V. P. Giuria 7, Torino, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab, India
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of Torino, V. P. Giuria 7, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of Torino, V. P. Giuria 7, Torino, Italy
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- RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- JEOL RESONANCE Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo, Japan
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Pandey MK, Damron JT, Ramamoorthy A, Nishiyama Y. Proton-detected 3D 1H anisotropic/ 14N/ 1H isotropic chemical shifts correlation NMR under fast magic angle spinning on solid samples without isotopic enrichment. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2019; 97:40-45. [PMID: 30623800 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2018.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 12/25/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) interaction of a nucleus is an important indicator of the local electronic environment particularly for the contributions arising from hydrogen (H)-bonding, electrostatic and π-π interactions. CSAs of protons bonded to nitrogen atoms are of significant interest due to their common role as H-bonding partners in many chemical, pharmaceutical and biological systems. Although very fast (∼100 kHz) magic angle sample spinning (MAS) experiments have enabled the measurement of proton CSAs directly from solids, due to a narrow chemical shift (CS) distribution, overlapping NH proton resonances are common and necessitate the introduction of an additional frequency dimension to the regular 2D 1H CSA/1H CS correlation method to achieve sufficient resolution. While this can be accomplished by using the isotropic shift frequency of 14N or 15N nuclei, the use of the naturally-abundant 14N nucleus avoids 15N isotopic labeling and therefore would be useful for a variety of solids. To this end, we propose a proton-detected 3D 1H CSA/14N/1H CS correlation method under fast MAS (90 kHz) to determine the CSA tensors of NH protons in samples without isotopic enrichment. Our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed 3D NMR experiment is capable of resolving the overlapping 1H resonances of amide (NH) groups through the 14N isotropic shift frequency dimension and enables the accurate measurement of site-specific 1H CSAs directly from powder samples under fast MAS conditions. In addition to the 3D 1H CSA/14N/1H CS experiment, an approach employing 14N-edited 2D 1H CSA/1H CS experiment is also demonstrated as an additional means to address spectral overlap of NH resonances with aliphatic and other proton resonances in solids.
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- Manoj Kumar Pandey
- Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, 140001, Punjab, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1055, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1055, USA; Biophysics Program, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan; JEOL RESONANCE Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo, 196-8558, Japan.
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Damron JT, Kersten KM, Pandey MK, Mroue KH, Yarava JR, Nishiyama Y, Matzger AJ, Ramamoorthy A. Electrostatic Constraints Assessed by 1H MAS NMR Illuminate Differences in Crystalline Polymorphs. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:4253-4257. [PMID: 28825828 PMCID: PMC6295661 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Atomically resolved crystal structures not only suffer from the inherent uncertainty in accurately locating H atoms but also are incapable of fully revealing the underlying forces enabling the formation of final structures. Therefore, the development and application of novel techniques to illuminate intermolecular forces in crystalline solids are highly relevant to understand the role of hydrogen atoms in structure adoption. Novel developments in 1H NMR MAS methodology can now achieve robust measurements of 1H chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) tensors which are highly sensitive to electrostatics. Herein, we use 1H CSA tensors, measured by MAS experiments and characterized using DFT calculations, to reveal the structure-driving factors between the two polymorphic forms of acetaminophen (aka Tylenol or paracetamol) including differences in hydrogen bonding and the role of aromatic interactions. We demonstrate how the 1H CSAs can provide additional insights into the static picture provided by diffraction to elucidate rigid molecules.
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- Joshua T. Damron
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- RIKEN CLST-JEOL Collaboration Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
- Biophysics Program, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- RIKEN CLST-JEOL Collaboration Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
- JEOL RESONANCE, Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 186-8558, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Corresponding Authors: .
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
- Biophysics Program, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Corresponding Authors: .
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Damron JT, Kersten KM, Pandey MK, Nishiyama Y, Matzger A, Ramamoorthy A. Role of Anomalous Water Constraints in the Efficacy of Pharmaceuticals Probed by 1H Solid-State NMR. ChemistrySelect 2017; 2:6797-6800. [PMID: 31544131 PMCID: PMC6754108 DOI: 10.1002/slct.201701547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Water plays a complex and central role in determining the structural and reactive properties in numerous chemical systems. In crystalline materials with structural water, the primary focus is often to relate hydrogen bonding motifs to functional properties such as solubility, which is highly relevant in pharmaceutical applications. Nevertheless, understanding the full electrostatic landscape is necessary for a complete structure-function picture. Herein, a combination of tools including 1H magic angle spinning NMR and X-ray crystallography are employed to evaluate the local landscape of water in crystalline hydrates. Two hydrates of an anti-leukemia drug mercaptopurine, which exhibit dramatically different dehydration temperatures (by 90°C) and a three-fold difference in the in vivo bioavailability, are compared. The results identify an electrosteric caging mechanism for a kinetically trapped water in the hemihydrate form, which is responsible for the dramatic differences in properties.
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- Joshua T Damron
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA
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- RIKEN CLST-JEOL, Collaboration Center RIKEN Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN CLST-JEOL, Collaboration Center RIKEN Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
- JEOL RESONANCE Inc Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 186-8558, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA
- Biophysics Program, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA
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Pindelska E, Sokal A, Kolodziejski W. Pharmaceutical cocrystals, salts and polymorphs: Advanced characterization techniques. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2017; 117:111-146. [PMID: 28931472 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2017.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The main goal of a novel drug development is to obtain it with optimal physiochemical, pharmaceutical and biological properties. Pharmaceutical companies and scientists modify active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), which often are cocrystals, salts or carefully selected polymorphs, to improve the properties of a parent drug. To find the best form of a drug, various advanced characterization methods should be used. In this review, we have described such analytical methods, dedicated to solid drug forms. Thus, diffraction, spectroscopic, thermal and also pharmaceutical characterization methods are discussed. They all are necessary to study a solid API in its intrinsic complexity from bulk down to the molecular level, gain information on its structure, properties, purity and possible transformations, and make the characterization efficient, comprehensive and complete. Furthermore, these methods can be used to monitor and investigate physical processes, involved in the drug development, in situ and in real time. The main aim of this paper is to gather information on the current advancements in the analytical methods and highlight their pharmaceutical relevance.
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