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Ward MR, Bull CL, Funnell NP, Warren MR, Oswald IDH. Exploring the effects of high pressure on hydrogen bonding in pharmaceutical cocrystals: A systematic study of pyridine dicarboxylic acid systems using synchrotron and neutron diffraction. Int J Pharm 2023; 647:123514. [PMID: 37844673 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Pharmaceutical cocrystals use common robust hydrogen bonding synthons to create novel materials with different physicochemical properties. In this systematic study of a series of cocrystals, we explore the effect of high pressure on one of these commonly used motifs, the acid-pyridine motif, to assess the commonality of behaviour under extreme conditions. We have surveyed five pyridine dicarboxylic acid systems using both synchrotron and neutron diffraction methods to elucidate the changes in structure. We observe that the hydrogen bonding in these systems compress at a similar rate despite the changes to the molecular make-up of the solids and that on compression the changes in structure are indicative that the layers move along the major slip planes in the structure. We have observed two phase transitions to new forms of the pyrazine:malonic acid system, one for each stoichiometric ratio. This study demonstrates that the combination of two complementary diffraction approaches is key to understanding polymorphic behaviour at high pressure.
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- Martin R Ward
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom; Department of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, United Kingdom.
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Mann JE, Gao R, Swift JA. Dehydration of Niclosamide Monohydrate Polymorphs: Different Mechanistic Pathways to the Same Product. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2023; 23:5102-5111. [PMID: 38510268 PMCID: PMC10950297 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Many active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can crystallize as hydrates or anhydrates, the relative stability of which depends on their internal structures as well as the external environment. Hydrates may dehydrate unexpectedly or intentionally, though the molecular-level mechanisms by which such transformations occur are difficult to predict a priori. Niclosamide is an anthelmintic drug on the World Health Organization's "List of Essential Medicines" that crystallizes in two monohydrate forms: HA and HB. Through complementary time-resolved synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric kinetic studies, we demonstrate that the two monohydrates dehydrate via distinctly different solid state pathways yet yield the same final anhydrate phase. Water loss from HA via diffusion yields an isomorphous desolvate intermediate which can rearrange to at least two different polymorphs, only one of which exhibits long-term stability. In contrast, dehydration of HB proceeds via a surface nucleation process where simultaneous water loss and product formation occur with no detectable crystalline intermediates. Comparative analysis of the two systems serves to highlight the complex relationship between lattice structure and solid state dehydration processes.
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- Jen E. Mann
- Georgetown
University, Department of Chemistry, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20057-1227, United States
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- Georgetown
University, Department of Chemistry, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20057-1227, United States
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- Georgetown
University, Department of Chemistry, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20057-1227, United States
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Surov AO, Ramazanova AG, Voronin AP, Drozd KV, Churakov AV, Perlovich GL. Virtual Screening, Structural Analysis, and Formation Thermodynamics of Carbamazepine Cocrystals. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15030836. [PMID: 36986697 PMCID: PMC10052035 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15030836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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In this study, the existing set of carbamazepine (CBZ) cocrystals was extended through the successful combination of the drug with the positional isomers of acetamidobenzoic acid. The structural and energetic features of the CBZ cocrystals with 3- and 4-acetamidobenzoic acids were elucidated via single-crystal X-ray diffraction followed by QTAIMC analysis. The ability of three fundamentally different virtual screening methods to predict the correct cocrystallization outcome for CBZ was assessed based on the new experimental results obtained in this study and data available in the literature. It was found that the hydrogen bond propensity model performed the worst in distinguishing positive and negative results of CBZ cocrystallization experiments with 87 coformers, attaining an accuracy value lower than random guessing. The method that utilizes molecular electrostatic potential maps and the machine learning approach named CCGNet exhibited comparable results in terms of prediction metrics, albeit the latter resulted in superior specificity and overall accuracy while requiring no time-consuming DFT computations. In addition, formation thermodynamic parameters for the newly obtained CBZ cocrystals with 3- and 4-acetamidobenzoic acids were evaluated using temperature dependences of the cocrystallization Gibbs energy. The cocrystallization reactions between CBZ and the selected coformers were found to be enthalpy-driven, with entropy terms being statistically different from zero. The observed difference in dissolution behavior of the cocrystals in aqueous media was thought to be caused by variations in their thermodynamic stability.
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- Artem O Surov
- G.A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry RAS, 153045 Ivanovo, Russia
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- G.A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry RAS, 153045 Ivanovo, Russia
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- G.A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry RAS, 153045 Ivanovo, Russia
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- Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry RAS, Leninsky Prosp. 31, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- G.A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry RAS, 153045 Ivanovo, Russia
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Offiler C, Fonte C, Kras W, Neoptolemou P, Davey RJ, Vetter T, Cruz-Cabeza AJ. Complex Growth of Benzamide Form I: Effect of Additives, Solution Flow, and Surface Rugosity. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2022; 22:6248-6261. [PMID: 36217419 PMCID: PMC9542702 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Understanding crystal growth kinetics is of great importance for the development and manufacturing of crystalline molecular materials. In this work, the impact of additives on the growth kinetics of benzamide form I (BZM-I) crystals has been studied. Using our newly developed crystal growth setup for the measurement of facet-specific crystal growth rates under flow, BZM-I growth rates were measured in the presence of various additives previously reported to induce morphological changes. The additives did not have a significant impact on the growth rates of BZM-I at low concentrations. By comparison to other systems, these additives could not be described as "effective" since BZM-I showed a high tolerance of the additives' presence during growth, which may be a consequence of the type of growth mechanisms at play. Growth of pure BZM-I was found to be extremely defected, and perhaps those defects allow the accommodation of impurities. An alternative explanation is that at low additive concentrations, solid solutions are formed, which was indeed confirmed for a few of the additives. Additionally, the growth of BZM-I was found to be significantly affected by solution dynamics. Changes in some facet growth rates were observed with changes in the orientation of the BZM-I single crystals relative to the solution flow. Of the two sets of facets involved in the growth of the width and length of the crystal, the {10l̅} facets were found to be greatly affected by the solution flow while the {011} facets were not affected at all. Computational fluid dynamics simulations showed that solute concentration has higher gradients at the edges of the leading edge {10l̅} facets, which can explain the appearance of satellite crystals. {10l̅} facets were found to show significant structural rugosity at the molecular level, which may play a role in their mechanism of growth. The work highlights the complexities of measuring crystal growth data of even simple systems such as BZM-I, specifically addressing the effect of additives and fluid dynamics.
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- Caroline
A. Offiler
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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P. Fonte
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Solid Form Science, H. Lundbeck A/S, Ottiliavej 9, 2500 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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Brock CP. Pervasive approximate periodic symmetry in organic P1 structures. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B, STRUCTURAL SCIENCE, CRYSTAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS 2022; 78:576-588. [PMID: 35975824 DOI: 10.1107/s2052520622004929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The goal of this project was to identify the prevalence of approximate symmetry in organic P1 structures. In the November 2019 version of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), there are 2592 organic, P1, R ≤ 0.050 structures; complete, unique entries are available for 1407 Z = Z' > 1 and 1049 Z = Z' = 1 structures. All the Z > 1 structures can have approximate symmetry; the Z = 1 structures were scanned to find those composed of molecules or ions that might lie on a special position and those that have two or more large molecules or ions that are very similar. The number of Z = 1 structures so identified was 285, of which 49 were grouped with the Z > 1 structures because Zeffective > 1. The packing in each of the 1407 + 285 = 1692 structures was investigated. The 144 that should almost certainly have been described in a smaller or higher-symmetry unit cell were removed from the list; 120 of the 144 are composed of achiral or racemic material. (About half of the Z = 1 and 89% of the Z > 1 structures are composed of enantiopure material.) Approximate periodic symmetry was found in 86% of the 1337 remaining Z > 1 structures and in 72% of the 211 remaining Z = 1 structures. About a third of the enantiomerically pure structures mimic inversion symmetry; 38% have approximate rotational symmetry. For the structures of achiral and racemic material, distorted glide or mirror symmetry is more common than is distorted inversion symmetry. Approximate rotational and glide symmetry was found to be periodic in two dimensions considerably more often than in three. In 4% of the structures, different layer types alternate or layers are related by approximate local rotations, as well as by small translations. In 5% of the structures, different parts of the molecule are segregated into two-dimensional regions that have different approximate symmetries. More than a third of the structures that are a distorted version of a higher-symmetry structure were determined at T ≥ 288 K.
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- Carolyn Pratt Brock
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA
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Paul S, Wang C, Calvin Sun C. An extended macroindentation method for determining the hardness of poorly compressible materials. Int J Pharm 2022; 624:122054. [PMID: 35902058 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.122054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Indentation hardness, H, is an important mechanical property that quantifies the resistance to deformation by a material. For pharmaceutical powders, H can be determined using a macroindentation method, provided they can form intact tablets suitable for testing. This work demonstrates a method for determining the hardness of problematic materials that cannot form suitable tablets for macroindentation. The method entails predicting the hardness of a given powder at zero porosity (H0) from those of microcrystalline cellulose and its binary mixture with the test compound using a power law mixing rule based on weight fraction. This method was found suitable for 13 binary mixtures. In addition, the H0 values derived by this method could capture changes due to different particle sizes of sucrose and sodium chloride. Furthermore, the derived H0 reasonably agreed with the single crystal indentation hardness of a set of 16 crystals when accounting for the effect of indentation condition and structural anisotropy. The mixture method thus extends the use of macroindentation for predicting indentation hardness of powders that cannot form intact tablets and, hence, their plasticity.
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- Shubhajit Paul
- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 9-127B Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 9-127B Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 9-127B Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455.
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Abeysekera AM, Averkiev BB, Sinha AS, Aakeröy C. Evaluating structure-property relationship in a new family of mechanically flexible co-crystals. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:9480-9483. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cc02047e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A structure-property analysis of ten compositionally and chemically similar co-crystals of N-(pyridin-2-yl)alkylamides and carboxylic acids show that three co-crystals of targets bearing a methyl chain were brittle, while the remaining...
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Sasaki T. Mechanical twinning in organic crystals. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ce00089j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Various kinds of organic crystals can deform beyond their elastic limit, show unique mechanical properties, and switch directions of anisotropic functions by mechanical twinning based on stress-induced molecular movements.
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- Toshiyuki Sasaki
- Department of Materials System Science, Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0027, Japan
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Divya IS, Kandasamy S, Hasebe S, Sasaki T, Koshima H, Woźniak K, Varughese S. Flexible organic crystals. Understanding the tractable co-existence of elastic and plastic bending. Chem Sci 2022; 13:8989-9003. [PMID: 36091219 PMCID: PMC9365086 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02969c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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As an emerging class of flexible materials, mechanically bendable molecular crystals are broadly classified as elastic or plastic. Nevertheless, flexible organic crystals with mutually exclusive elastic and plastic traits, with contrasting structural requirements, co-existing under different stress settings are exceptional; hence, it is imperative to establish the concurring factors that beget this rare occurrence. We report a series of halogen-substituted benzil crystals showing elastic bending (within ∼2.45% strain), followed by elastoplastic deformation under ambient conditions. Under higher stress settings, they display exceptional plastic flexibility that one could bend, twist, or even coil around a capillary tube. X-ray diffraction, microscopy, and computational data reveal the microscopic and macroscopic basis for the exciting co-existence of elastic, elastoplastic, and plastic properties in the crystals. The layered molecular arrangement and the weak dispersive interactions sustaining the interlayer region provide considerable tolerance towards breaking and making upon engaging or releasing the external stress; it enables restoring the original state within the elastic strain. Comparative studies with oxalate compounds, wherein the twisted diketo moiety in benzil was replaced with a rigid and coplanar central oxalate moiety, enabled us to understand the effect of the anisotropy factor on the crystal packing induced by the C
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O⋯C tetral interactions. The enhanced anisotropy depreciated the elastic domain, making the oxalate crystals more prone to plastic deformation. Three-point bending experiments and the determined Young's moduli further corroborate the co-existence of the elastic and plastic realm and highlight the critical role of the underlying structural elements that determine the elastic to plastic transformation. The work highlights the possible co-existence of orthogonal mechanical characteristics in molecular crystals and further construed the concurrent role of microscopic and macroscopic elements in attaining this exceptional mechanical trait. Structural and mechanical studies of benzil and oxalate crystals highlight the microscopic and macroscopic basis for the co-existence of orthogonal mechanical traits and the elastic to plastic transformation under different stress settings.![]()
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- Indira S. Divya
- Chemical Science and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, 695019, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Department of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa 236-0027, Japan
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- Research Organization for Nano and Life Innovation, Waseda University, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan
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- Crystallochemistry Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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- Chemical Science and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, 695019, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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Das S, Saha S, Sahu M, Mondal A, Reddy CM. Temperature‐Reliant Dynamic Properties and Elasto‐Plastic to Plastic Crystal (Rotator) Phase Transition in a Metal Oxyacid Salt. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202115359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Susobhan Das
- Department of Chemical Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata 741246, Nadia, West Bengal India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata 741246, Nadia, West Bengal India
- Department of Chemistry Islampur College Islampur Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal 733202 India
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- Department of Physical Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata 741246, Nadia, West Bengal India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata 741246, Nadia, West Bengal India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata 741246, Nadia, West Bengal India
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Das S, Saha S, Sahu M, Mondal A, Reddy CM. Temperature-Reliant Dynamic Properties and Elasto-Plastic to Plastic Crystal (Rotator) Phase Transition in a Metal Oxyacid Salt. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202115359. [PMID: 34890475 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202115359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Although, dynamic crystals are attractive for use in many technologies, molecular level mechanisms of various solid-state dynamic processes and their interdependence, remain poorly understood. Here, we report a rare example of a dynamic crystal (1), involving a heavy transition metal, rhenium, with an initial two-face elasticity (within ≈1 % strain), followed by elasto-plastic deformation, at room temperature. Further, these crystals transform to a rotator (plastic) crystal phase at ≈105 °C, displaying exceptional malleability. Qualitative and quantitative mechanical tests, X-ray diffraction, μ-Raman and polarized light microscopy experiments reveal that the elasto-plastic deformation involves both partial molecular rotations and slip, while malleability in the rotator phase is facilitated by reorientational motions and increased symmetry (slip planes). Our work, connecting the plastically bendable (1D or 2D) crystals with the rotator phases (3D), is important for designing multi-functional dynamic crystals.
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- Susobhan Das
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, 741246, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, 741246, Nadia, West Bengal, India.,Department of Chemistry, Islampur College, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal 733202, India
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, 741246, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, 741246, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, 741246, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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Bartashevich EV, Sobalev SA, Matveychuk YV, Tsirelson VG. SIMULATION OF THE COMPRESSIBILITY OF ISOSTRUCTURAL HALOGEN CONTAINING CRYSTALS ON MACRO- AND MICROLEVELS. J STRUCT CHEM+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476621100164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Heng T, Yang D, Wang R, Zhang L, Lu Y, Du G. Progress in Research on Artificial Intelligence Applied to Polymorphism and Cocrystal Prediction. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:15543-15550. [PMID: 34179597 PMCID: PMC8223226 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology that builds an artificial system with certain intelligence and uses computer software and hardware to simulate intelligent human behavior. When combined with drug research and development, AI can considerably shorten this cycle, improve research efficiency, and minimize costs. The use of machine learning to discover novel materials and predict material properties has become a new research direction. On the basis of the current status of worldwide research on the combination of AI and crystal form and cocrystal, this mini-review analyzes and explores the application of AI in polymorphism prediction, crystal structure analysis, crystal property prediction, cocrystal former (CCF) screening, cocrystal composition prediction, and cocrystal formation prediction. This study provides insights into the future applications of AI in related fields.
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- Tianyu Heng
- Beijing
City Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs, Center of Pharmaceutical
Polymorphs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, P.R. China
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- Beijing
City Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs, Center of Pharmaceutical
Polymorphs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, P.R. China
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- Beijing
City Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs, Center of Pharmaceutical
Polymorphs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, P.R. China
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- Beijing
City Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs, Center of Pharmaceutical
Polymorphs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, P.R. China
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- Beijing
City Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs, Center of Pharmaceutical
Polymorphs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, P.R. China
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- Beijing
City Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, National
Center for Pharmaceutical Screening, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union
Medical College, Beijing 100050, P.R. China
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Balić T, Perdih F, Počkaj M, Molnar M, Komar M, Balić I. Polymorphism of coumarin thione-triazole - 4-methyl-7-[(4-phenyl-5-thioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methoxy]-2H-chromen-2-one. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.129957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kavanagh ON, Wang C, Walker GM, Sun CC. Modulation of the powder properties of lamotrigine by crystal forms. Int J Pharm 2021; 595:120274. [PMID: 33486026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The mechanical properties of powders determine the ease of manufacture and ultimately the quality of the oral solid dosage forms. Although poor mechanical properties of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) can be mitigated by using suitable excipients in a formulation, the effectiveness of that approach is limited for high dose drugs or multidrug tablets. In this context, improving the mechanical properties of the APIs through solid form optimisation is a good strategy to address such a challenge. This work explores the powder and tableting properties of various lamotrigine (LAM) solid forms with the aim to facilitate direct compression by overcoming the poor tabletability of LAM. The two drug-drug crystals of LAM with nicotinamide and valproic acid demonstrate superior flowability and tabletability over LAM. The improved powder properties are rationalised by structure analysis using energy framework, scanning electron microscopy, and Heckel analysis.
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- Oisín N Kavanagh
- Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC), The SFI Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, Department of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
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- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 9-127B Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC), The SFI Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, Department of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 9-127B Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Sacchi P, Reutzel-Edens SM, Cruz-Cabeza AJ. The unexpected discovery of the ninth polymorph of tolfenamic acid. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00343g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new polymorph of tolfenamic acid, form IX, has been crystallised from a simple cooling crystallisation experiment raising the question as to why this polymorph had never been reported before.
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- Pietro Sacchi
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science
- School of Engineering
- University of Manchester
- UK
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- Synthetic Molecule Design & Development
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Indianapolis
- USA
- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science
- School of Engineering
- University of Manchester
- UK
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Hasija A, Chopra D. Potential and challenges of engineering mechanically flexible molecular crystals. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00173f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Crystal adaptronics has undergone tremendous developments that have been utilized to rationalize dynamics in crystals. This highlight discusses about the role of intermolecular interactions in rationalizing mechanical responses in crystals.
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- Avantika Hasija
- Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal By-Pass Road, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal By-Pass Road, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Gabriele BPA, Williams CJ, Lauer ME, Derby B, Cruz-Cabeza AJ. Probing anisotropic mechanical behaviour in carbamazepine form III. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce01659d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nanoindentation measurements in single crystals of carbamazepine form III show that the (020) face is stiffer and harder than the (002) and (101) faces. AFM imaging and molecular simulations reveal that the (020) plane is the most likely slip plane.
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- Department of Materials, University of Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, UK
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Gabriele BPA, Williams CJ, Lauer ME, Derby B, Cruz-Cabeza AJ. Impact of polymorphism on mechanical properties of molecular crystals: a study of p-amino and p-nitro benzoic acid with nanoindentation. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00041a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report on nanoindentation data for two pairs of polymorphic compounds of p-aminobenzoic acid (pABA) and p-nitrobenzoic acid (pNBA) and compare it with existing data in the literature. We also explore on a new parameter, s-PBC, as a tool to estimate hardness.
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- Department of Materials
- University of Manchester
- UK
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Reeves MG, Tailleur E, Wood PA, Marchivie M, Chastanet G, Guionneau P, Parsons S. Mapping the cooperativity pathways in spin crossover complexes. Chem Sci 2020; 12:1007-1015. [PMID: 34163867 PMCID: PMC8179037 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05819j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Crystal packing energy calculations are applied to the [Fe(PM-L)2(NCS)2] family of spin crossover (SCO) complexes (PM-L = 4-substituted derivatives of the N-(2-pyridylmethylene)-4-aminobiphenyl ligand) with the aim of relating quantitatively the cooperativity of observed SCO transitions to intermolecular interactions in the crystal structures. This approach reveals a linear variation of the transition abruptness with the sum of the magnitudes of the interaction energy changes within the first molecular coordination sphere in the crystal structure. Abrupt transitions are associated with the presence of significant stabilising and destabilising changes in intermolecular interaction energies. While the numerical trend established for the PM-L family does not directly extend to other classes of SCO complex in which the intermolecular interactions may be very different, a plot of transition abruptness against the range of interaction energy changes normalised by the largest change shows a clustering of complexes with similar transition abruptness. The changes in intermolecular interactions are conveniently visualised using energy difference frameworks, which illustrate the cooperativity pathways of an SCO transition. The abruptness of spin crossover (SCO) is related to intermolecular energy changes occurring over the course of an SCO transition. Crossover is abrupt when SCO-induced strain is accommodated synergistically in a few key interactions.![]()
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- Matthew G Reeves
- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh King's Buildings, West Mains Road Edinburgh Scotland EH9 3FJ UK
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026 87 av. Dr A. Schweitzer F-33600 Pessac France
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre 12 Union Road Cambridge England CB2 1EZ UK
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026 87 av. Dr A. Schweitzer F-33600 Pessac France
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026 87 av. Dr A. Schweitzer F-33600 Pessac France
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026 87 av. Dr A. Schweitzer F-33600 Pessac France
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh King's Buildings, West Mains Road Edinburgh Scotland EH9 3FJ UK
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Montis R, Davey RJ, Wright SE, Woollam GR, Cruz‐Cabeza AJ. Transforming Computed Energy Landscapes into Experimental Realities: The Role of Structural Rugosity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:20357-20360. [PMID: 32730676 PMCID: PMC7693212 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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We exploit the possible link between structural surface roughness and difficulty of crystallisation. Polymorphs with smooth surfaces may nucleate and crystallise more readily than polymorphs with rough surfaces. The concept is applied to crystal structure prediction landscapes and reveals a promising complementary way of ranking putative crystal structures.
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- Riccardo Montis
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical ScienceThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical ScienceThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical ScienceThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical ScienceThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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Development of piroxicam mini-tablets enabled by spherical cocrystallization. Int J Pharm 2020; 590:119953. [PMID: 33039491 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We examined the potential of the spherical cocrystallization (SCC) technology in simultaneously enhancing tablet manufacturability and dissolution of poorly soluble drugs by developing a mini-tablet formulation of piroxicam. The manufacturing of mini-tablets using a direct compression (DC) process is more challenging than conventional tablets because of the much stricter requirement on the micromeritic properties of formulated powders. The SCC process in this work involved two steps: 1) preparing a new piroxicam-ferulic acid (PRX-FA) cocrystal, and 2) forming spherical agglomerates with the aid of a suitable bridging liquid. The PRX-FA cocrystal exhibited enhanced solubility as well as improved plasticity. The bridging liquid, a mixture of chloroform and ethyl acetate (EA) (1: 2, v/v), was chosen based on the high computed adsorption energy of chloroform and EA on morphologically dominating crystal faces of PRX-FA. The improved flowability, tabletability, and dissolution rate of spherical PRX-FA enabled the successful development of a DC mini-tablet formulation with a high PRX loading (41 wt%). This example shows that SCC is a powerful enabling technology for DC tablet formulation development of challenging drugs.
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Taylor CR, Mulvee MT, Perenyi DS, Probert MR, Day GM, Steed JW. Minimizing Polymorphic Risk through Cooperative Computational and Experimental Exploration. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:16668-16680. [PMID: 32897065 PMCID: PMC7586337 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We
combine state-of-the-art computational crystal structure prediction
(CSP) techniques with a wide range of experimental crystallization
methods to understand and explore crystal structure in pharmaceuticals
and minimize the risk of unanticipated late-appearing polymorphs.
Initially, we demonstrate the power of CSP to rationalize the difficulty
in obtaining polymorphs of the well-known pharmaceutical isoniazid
and show that CSP provides the structure of the recently obtained,
but unsolved, Form III of this drug despite there being only a single
resolved form for almost 70 years. More dramatically, our blind CSP
study predicts a significant risk of polymorphism for the related
iproniazid. Employing a wide variety of experimental techniques, including
high-pressure experiments, we experimentally obtained the first three
known nonsolvated crystal forms of iproniazid, all of which were successfully
predicted in the CSP procedure. We demonstrate the power of CSP methods
and free energy calculations to rationalize the observed elusiveness
of the third form of iproniazid, the success of high-pressure experiments
in obtaining it, and the ability of our synergistic computational-experimental
approach to “de-risk” solid form landscapes.
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- Christopher R Taylor
- Computational Systems Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1NX, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K
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- Chemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K
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- Computational Systems Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1NX, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K
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Montis R, Davey RJ, Wright SE, Woollam GR, Cruz‐Cabeza AJ. Transforming Computed Energy Landscapes into Experimental Realities: The Role of Structural Rugosity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Riccardo Montis
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Gabriele BA, Williams CJ, Lauer ME, Derby B, Cruz-Cabeza AJ. Nanoindentation of Molecular Crystals: Lessons Learned from Aspirin. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2020; 20:5956-5966. [PMID: 33122971 PMCID: PMC7587144 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nanoindentation enables the measurement of mechanical properties from single crystals with dimensions of a few micrometers. This experimental technique, however, has only recently been applied to molecular crystals. Key differences between the application of this technique to molecular crystals and metals and other inorganics are identified. From this, protocols for the measurement of hardness and elastic modulus of molecular crystals of pharmaceutical interest are proposed. Using form I aspirin as a model system, the impact of single crystal sample surface preparation (washing and cleaving) on the surface roughness is explored. We show the importance of using a calibration sample with hardness and stiffness close to that of molecular crystals for the acquisition of more accurate data. The issue of solvent occlusions formed during crystal growth is discussed as a source of material property variation as well as tip contamination. It is proposed that this in part explains the significantly larger variation of the measured mechanical properties among different single crystals compared to those performed on a unique sample. Because both the indentation modulus and the hardness can vary significantly for low depth indents, samples were tested over a wide range of depths, which revealed that a minimum depth of penetration is required for the acquisition of data. This experiment is crucial and needs to be carried out for every system under study since it allows for the determination of the minimum-working load. Post-indentation imaging combined with crystallographic analysis and molecular simulations allows for the characterization and rationalization of the material plastic deformation mechanisms.
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- Benjamin
P. A. Gabriele
- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
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Shi Z, Wang C, Sun CC. Molecular Origin of the Distinct Tabletability of Loratadine and Desloratadine: Role of the Bonding Area – Bonding Strength Interplay. Pharm Res 2020; 37:133. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-020-02856-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Cheng H, Wei Y, Wang S, Qiao Q, Heng W, Zhang L, Zhang J, Gao Y, Qian S. Improving Tabletability of Excipients by Metal-Organic Framework-Based Cocrystallization: a Study of Mannitol and CaCl2. Pharm Res 2020; 37:130. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-020-02850-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Role of Cocrystallization-Mediated Altered Crystallographic Properties on the Tabletability of Rivaroxaban and Malonic Acid. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:pharmaceutics12060546. [PMID: 32545503 PMCID: PMC7356764 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Revised: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The present work aims to understand the crystallographic basis of the mechanical behavior of rivaroxaban-malonic acid cocrystal (RIV-MAL Co) in comparison to its parent constituents, i.e., rivaroxaban (RIV) and malonic acid (MAL). The mechanical behavior was evaluated at the bulk level by performing “out of die” bulk compaction and at the particle level by nanoindentation. The tabletability order for the three solids was MAL < RIV < RIV-MAL Co. MAL demonstrated “lower” tabletability because of its lower plasticity, despite it having reasonably good bonding strength (BS). The absence of a slip plane and “intermediate” BS contributed to this behavior. The “intermediate” tabletability of RIV was primarily attributed to the differential surface topologies of the slip planes. The presence of a primary slip plane (0 1 1) with flat-layered topology can favor the plastic deformation of RIV, whereas the corrugated topology of secondary slip planes (1 0 2) could adversely affect the plasticity. In addition, the higher elastic recovery of RIV crystal also contributed to its tabletability. The significantly “higher” tabletability of RIV-MAL Co among the three molecular solids was the result of its higher plasticity and BS. Flat-layered topology slip across the (0 0 1) plane, the higher degree of intermolecular interactions, and the larger separation between adjacent crystallographic layers contributed to improved mechanical behavior of RIV-MAL Co. Interestingly, a particle level deformation parameter H/E (i.e., ratio of mechanical hardness H to elastic modulus E) was found to inversely correlate with a bulk level deformation parameter σ0 (i.e., tensile strength at zero porosity). The present study highlighted the role of cocrystal crystallographic properties in improving the tabletability of materials.
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Singaraju AB, Bahl D, Wang C, Swenson DC, Sun CC, Stevens LL. Molecular Interpretation of the Compaction Performance and Mechanical Properties of Caffeine Cocrystals: A Polymorphic Study. Mol Pharm 2020; 17:21-31. [PMID: 31756102 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.9b00377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The 1:1 caffeine (CAF) and 3-nitrobenzoic acid (NBA) cocrystal (CAF:NBA) displays polymorphism. Each polymorph shares the same docking synthon that connects individual CAF and NBA molecules within the asymmetric unit; however, the extended intermolecular interactions are significantly different between the two polymorphic modifications. These alternative interaction topologies translate to distinct structural motifs, mechanical properties, and compaction performance. To assist our molecular interpretation of the structure-mechanics-performance relationships for these cocrystal polymorphs, we combine powder Brillouin light scattering (p-BLS) to determine the mechanical properties with energy frameworks calculations to identify potentially available slip systems that may facilitate plastic deformation. The previously reported Form 1 for CAF:NBA adopts a 2D-layered crystal structure with a conventional 3.4 Å layer-to-layer separation distance. For Form 2, a columnar structure of 1D-tapes is displayed with CAF:NBA dimers running parallel to the (110) crystallographic direction. Consistent with the layered crystal structure, the shear modulus for Form 1 is significantly reduced relative to Form 2, and moreover, our p-BLS spectra for Form 1 clearly display the presence of low-velocity shear modes, which support the expectation of a low-energy slip system available for facile plastic deformation. Our energy frameworks calculations confirm that Form 1 displays a favorable slip system for plastic deformation. Combining our experimental and computational data indicates that the structural organization in Form 1 of CAF:NBA improves the compressibility and plasticity of the material, and from our tabletability studies, each of these contributions confers superior tableting performance to that of Form 1. Overall, mechanical and energy framework data permit a clear interpretation of the functional performance of polymorphic solids. This could serve as a robust screening approach for early pharmaceutical solid form selection and development.
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- Aditya B Singaraju
- Division of Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy , The University of Iowa , Iowa City , Iowa 52242 , United States
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy , The University of Iowa , Iowa City , Iowa 52242 , United States
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- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- X-Ray Diffraction Facility, Department of Chemistry , The University of Iowa , Iowa City , Iowa 52242 , United States
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- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy , The University of Iowa , Iowa City , Iowa 52242 , United States
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Layers having obvious approximate symmetry higher than that of the overall 3-D crystal are present in 20–25% of the Z′ > 4 and P1 organic structures archived in the Cambridge Structural Database. In some structures different types of layers alternate.
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Nguyen TTH, Hammond RB, Styliari ID, Murnane D, Roberts KJ. A digital workflow from crystallographic structure to single crystal particle attributes for predicting the formulation properties of terbutaline sulfate. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00026d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A detailed inter-molecular (synthonic) analysis of terbutaline sulfate, an ionic addition salt for inhalation drug formulation, is related to its crystal morphology, the surface chemistry of the habit faces and hence to its crystal surface energy.
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- Thai T. H. Nguyen
- Centre for the Digital Design of Drug Products
- School of Chemical and Process Engineering
- University of Leeds
- Leeds
- UK
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- Centre for the Digital Design of Drug Products
- School of Chemical and Process Engineering
- University of Leeds
- Leeds
- UK
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- School of Life and Medical Sciences
- University of Hertfordshire
- UK
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- Centre for the Digital Design of Drug Products
- School of Chemical and Process Engineering
- University of Leeds
- Leeds
- UK
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Frade AP, McCabe P, Cooper RI. Increasing the performance, trustworthiness and practical value of machine learning models: a case study predicting hydrogen bond network dimensionalities from molecular diagrams. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00111b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The value of a hydrogen bond network prediction model was improved using a tool to increase prediction trust. Its accuracy could be improved up to 73% or 89% with the compromise that only 34% and 8% of the test examples could be predicted.
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- Andre P. Frade
- Chemical Crystallography Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Oxford
- UK
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- Chemical Crystallography Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Oxford
- UK
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Chen H, Wang C, Kang H, Zhi B, Haynes CL, Aburub A, Sun CC. Microstructures and pharmaceutical properties of ferulic acid agglomerates prepared by different spherical crystallization methods. Int J Pharm 2020; 574:118914. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Intermolecular Interactions in Functional Crystalline Materials: From Data to Knowledge. CRYSTALS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst9090478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Intermolecular interactions of organic, inorganic, and organometallic compounds are the key to many composition–structure and structure–property networks. In this review, some of these relations and the tools developed by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center (CCDC) to analyze them and design solid forms with desired properties are described. The potential of studies supported by the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)-Materials tools for investigation of dynamic processes in crystals, for analysis of biologically active, high energy, optical, (electro)conductive, and other functional crystalline materials, and for the prediction of novel solid forms (polymorphs, co-crystals, solvates) are discussed. Besides, some unusual applications, the potential for further development and limitations of the CCDC software are reported.
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Cole JC, Wiggin S, Stanzione F. New insights and innovation from a million crystal structures in the Cambridge Structural Database. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2019; 6:054301. [PMID: 31489338 PMCID: PMC6713555 DOI: 10.1063/1.5116878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of organic, organometallic, and metal-organic crystal structure information. Analyses using the data have wide impact across the chemical sciences in allowing understanding of structural preferences. In this short review, we illustrate the more common methods by which CSD data influence molecular design. We show how more data could lead to more refined insights into the future using a simple example of trifluoromethylphenyl fragments, highlighting how with sufficient data one can build a reasonable model of geometric change in a chemical fragment with torsional rotation, and show some recent examples where the CSD has been used in conjunction with other methods to provide design ideas and more computationally tractable workflows for derivation of useful insights into structural design.
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- Jason C Cole
- The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom
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- The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom
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- The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom
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Reddy CM. Plasticity enhancement in pharmaceutical drugs by water of crystallization: unusual slip planes. IUCRJ 2019; 6:505-506. [PMID: 31316794 PMCID: PMC6608643 DOI: 10.1107/s205225251900890x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Khandavilli et al. [(2019), IUCrJ, 6, 630-634] show the superior plasticity in hydrates of the pharmaceutical drugs, pregabalin and gabapetin, compared with their anhydrous forms. The water in the structure is believed to act as a lubricating agent in the packing of hydrates, thus facilitating slippage of molecules in the plastic bending of the crystals under external mechanical stress.
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- C. Malla Reddy
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, Mohanpur Campus, Mohanpur, Nadia-741246, West Bengal, India
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Taylor R, Wood PA. A Million Crystal Structures: The Whole Is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts. Chem Rev 2019; 119:9427-9477. [PMID: 31244003 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The founding in 1965 of what is now called the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) has reaped dividends in numerous and diverse areas of chemical research. Each of the million or so crystal structures in the database was solved for its own particular reason, but collected together, the structures can be reused to address a multitude of new problems. In this Review, which is focused mainly on the last 10 years, we chronicle the contribution of the CSD to research into molecular geometries, molecular interactions, and molecular assemblies and demonstrate its value in the design of biologically active molecules and the solid forms in which they are delivered. Its potential in other commercially relevant areas is described, including gas storage and delivery, thin films, and (opto)electronics. The CSD also aids the solution of new crystal structures. Because no scientific instrument is without shortcomings, the limitations of CSD research are assessed. We emphasize the importance of maintaining database quality: notwithstanding the arrival of big data and machine learning, it remains perilous to ignore the principle of garbage in, garbage out. Finally, we explain why the CSD must evolve with the world around it to ensure it remains fit for purpose in the years ahead.
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- Robin Taylor
- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre , 12 Union Road , Cambridge CB2 1EZ , United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre , 12 Union Road , Cambridge CB2 1EZ , United Kingdom
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Wang C, Sun CC. Computational Techniques for Predicting Mechanical Properties of Organic Crystals: A Systematic Evaluation. Mol Pharm 2019; 16:1732-1741. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.9b00082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chenguang Wang
- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Bryant MJ, Black SN, Blade H, Docherty R, Maloney AGP, Taylor SC. The CSD Drug Subset: The Changing Chemistry and Crystallography of Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals. J Pharm Sci 2019; 108:1655-1662. [PMID: 30615878 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2018.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We report the generation and statistical analysis of the CSD drug subset: a subset of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) consisting of every published small-molecule crystal structure containing an approved drug molecule. By making use of InChI matching, a CSD Python API workflow to link CSD entries to the online database Drugbank.ca has been produced. This has resulted in a subset of 8632 crystal structures, representing all published solid forms of 785 unique drug molecules. We hope that this new resource will lead to improvements in targeted cheminformatics and statistical model building in a pharmaceutical setting. In addition to this, as part of the Advanced Digital Design of Pharmaceutical Therapeutics collaboration between academia and industry, we have been given the unique opportunity to run comparative analysis on the internal crystal structure databases of AstraZeneca and Pfizer, alongside comparison to the CSD as a whole.
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- Mathew J Bryant
- The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK.
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- AstraZeneca, PR&D, Silk Road Business Park, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, Cheshire
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- AstraZeneca, PR&D, Silk Road Business Park, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, Cheshire
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Materials Science Drug Product Design, Sandwich, Kent, UK
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- The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- AstraZeneca, PR&D, Silk Road Business Park, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, Cheshire
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