Probing Hydrogen Bond Networks in Half-Sandwich Ru(II) Building Blocks by a Combined 1H DQ CRAMPS Solid-State NMR, XRPD, and DFT Approach

Solvatomorphism of Moxidectin

The solvatomorphism of the anthelmintic drug moxidectin is investigated, and a new solvatomorph with nitromethane is reported. Moreover, the hitherto unknown crystal structures of the solvatomorphs with ethanol and 2-propanol are reported and discussed. The thermal characterization of these solvatomorphs through variable-temperature powder X-ray diffraction analysis (VT-PXRD) is also described, providing new insights into the crystallochemistry of this active pharmaceutical ingredient.

Pharmaceutical aspects of salt and cocrystal forms of APIs and characterization challenges

In recent years many efforts have been devoted to the screening and the study of new solid-state forms of old active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) with salification or co-crystallization processes, thus modulating final properties without changing the pharmacological nature. Salts, hydrates/solvates, and cocrystals are the common solid-state forms employed. They offer the intriguing possibility of exploring different pharmaceutical properties for a single API in the quest of enhancing the final drug product. New synthetic strategies and advanced characterization techniques have been recently proposed in this hot topic for pharmaceutical companies. This paper reviews the recent progresses in the field particularly focusing on the characterization challenges encountered when the nature of the solid-state form must be determined. The aim of this article is to offer the state-of-the-art on this subject in order to develop new insights and to promote cooperative efforts in the fascinating field of API salt and cocrystal forms.

A phosphorescent copper(i) coordination polymer with sodium 3,5-dimethyl-4-sulfonate pyrazolate

A phosphorescent copper(i) coordination polymer has been synthesized and characterized via ab initio PXRD.

Organometallic chemistry meets crystal engineering to give responsive crystalline materials

Dynamically porous crystalline materials have been obtained by engineering organometallic molecules. This feature article deals with organometallic wheel-and-axle compounds, molecules with two relatively bulky groups (wheels) connected by a linear spacer. The wheels are represented by half-sandwich Ru(ii) moieties, while the spacer can be covalent or supramolecular in character. Covalent spacers are obtained using divergent bidentate ligands connecting two [(arene)RuX2] groups. Supramolecular spacers are instead obtained by exploiting the dimerization of COOH or C(O)NH2 groups appended to N-based ligands. A careful choice of ligand functional groups and X ligands leads to the isolation of crystalline materials with remarkable host-guest properties, evidenced by the possibility of reversibly capturing/releasing volatile guests through heterogenous solid-gas reactions. Structural correlations between the crystalline arrangement of the apohost and the host-guest compounds allow us to envisage the structural path followed by the system during the exchange processes.

Self-assembly of arene ruthenium acylpyrazolone fragments to tetranuclear metallacycles. Molecular structures and solid-state 15N CPMAS NMR correlations

Mono- and tetranuclear Ru(ii) half-sandwich complexes containing acylpyrazolone ligands. ¹³C and ¹⁵N solid state NMR spectroscopy.

Influence of fluorine side-group substitution on the crystal structure formation of benzene-1,3,5-trisamides

The crystal structure of 1,3,5-tris(2-fluoro-2-methylpropionylamino)benzene was solved by combining powder X-ray diffraction, solid-state NMR spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations.