11-Azaartemisinin cocrystals with preserved lactam: Acid heterosynthons

Madiha Nisar, Herman H.Y. Sung, Horst Puschmann, Richard Lakerveld, Richard K. Haynes, Ian D. Williams

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Abstract

11-Azaartemisinin (11-Aza) is a potent anti-malarial drug more readily able to form cocrystals than its parent compound. 13 new 1 : 1 and 2 : 1 cocrystal phases from 25 mono- and bi-functional acids are reported here in excellent yield and purity by liquid assisted grinding. X-ray structures of several of these cocrystals reveal R22(8) heterosynthons with short OH–OC H-bonds ≤2.60 Å between the 11-Aza lactam and the coformer acid groups. The new phases can show enhanced aqueous solubility of 11-Aza of 3× after 12 h. Notably diastereospecific cocrystal formation can occur, with the DL-mandelic acid system yielding solely the 11-Azaart : D-mandelic acid 1 : 1 product.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1205-1219
Number of pages15
JournalCrystEngComm
Volume20
Issue number9
Early online dateJan 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2018

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