TY - JOUR A1 - Kulla, Hannes A1 - Greiser, Sebastian A1 - Benemann, Sigrid A1 - Rademann, K. A1 - Emmerling, Franziska T1 - In Situ Investigation of a Self-Accelerated Cocrystal Formation by Grinding Pyrazinamide with Oxalic Acid JF - Molecules N2 - A new cocrystal of pyrazinamide with oxalic acid was prepared mechanochemically and characterized by PXRD, Raman spectroscopy, solid-state NMR spectroscopy, DTA-TG, and SEM. Based on powder X-ray diffraction data the structure was solved. The formation pathway of the reaction was studied in situ using combined synchrotron PXRD and Raman spectroscopy. Using oxalic acid dihydrate the initially neat grinding turned into a rapid self-accelerated liquid-assisted grinding process by the release of crystallization water. Under these conditions, the cocrystal was formed directly within two minutes. KW - in situ KW - cocrystal KW - mechanochemistry KW - pyrazinamide KW - hydrate PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-372357 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21070917 SN - 1420-3049 VL - 21 IS - 7 SP - Article 917, 1 EP - 9 AN - OPUS4-37235 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fischer, Franziska A1 - Heidrich, Adrian A1 - Greiser, Sebastian A1 - Benemann, Sigrid A1 - Rademann, K. A1 - Emmerling, Franziska T1 - Polymorphism of mechanochemically synthesized cocrystals: a case study JF - Crystal Growth & Design N2 - The liquid-assisted grinding cocrystallisation of theophylline with benzamide leading to polymorphic compounds was investigated. A solvent screening with seventeen different solvents was performed. The dipole moment of the solvent used in the synthesis determines the structure of the polymorphic product. A detailed investigation leads to the determination of the kinetically and thermodynamically favored product. In situ observations of the formation pathway during the grinding process of both polymorphs show that the thermodynamically favored cocrystal is formed in a two-step mechanism with the kinetic cocrystal as intermediate. KW - cocrystal KW - mechanochemistry KW - theophylline KW - benzamide KW - milling KW - polymorphism PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01776 SN - 1528-7483 SN - 1528-7505 VL - 16 IS - 3 SP - 1701 EP - 1707 AN - OPUS4-35618 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fischer, Franziska A1 - Schmidt, M. U. A1 - Greiser, Sebastian A1 - Emmerling, Franziska T1 - The challenging case of the theophylline–benzamide cocrystal JF - Acta Crystallographica / C N2 - Theophylline has been used as an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in the treatment of pulmonary diseases, but due to its low water solubility reveals very poor bioavailability. Based on its different hydrogen-bond donor and acceptor groups, theophylline is an ideal candidate for the formation of cocrystals. The crystal structure of the 1:1 benzamide cocrystal of theophylline, C7H8N4O2·-C7H7NO, was determined from synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data. The compound crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P41 with four Independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. The molecules form a hunter’s fence packing. The crystal structure was confirmed by dispersion-corrected DFT calculations. The possibility of salt formation was excluded by the results of Raman and 1H solid-state NMR spectroscopic analyses. KW - powder diffraction KW - theophylline KW - benzamide KW - cocrystal KW - crystal structure KW - active pharmaceutical ingredient KW - dispersion-corrected density-functional theory PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053229616002643 SN - 2053-2296 VL - 72 IS - 3 SP - 217 EP - 224 AN - OPUS4-35621 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fischer, Franziska A1 - Joester, Maike A1 - Rademann, K. A1 - Emmerling, Franziska T1 - Survival of the fittest - Competetive cocrystal reactions in the ball mill N2 - Mechanochemistry is increasingly used for synthesizing various materials including cocrystals and metal organic compounds. Although this synthesis approach offers a fast and pure synthesis in high yields there is a lack in understanding the mechanisms of milling reactions. The driving forces triggering the formation of cocrystals under milling conditions were investigated using a set of multi-component competitive milling reactions. In these reactions, different active pharmaceutical ingredients were ground together with a further compound acting as coformer. The study was based on new cocrystals including the coformer anthranilic acid. The results of the competitive milling reactions indicate that the formation of cocrystals driven by intermolecular recognition are influenced and inhibited by kinetic aspects including the formation of intermediates and the stability of the reactants. T2 - Berliner Chemie Symposium CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.04.2016 KW - milling KW - cocrystal KW - mechanochemistry PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-35862 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -