Effect of crystal habit on the dissolution behaviour of simvastatin crystals and its relationship to crystallization solvent properties.

Simvastatin crystals, having same crystal structure but different types of habits and hence different intrinsic dissolution rate, were prepared by recrystallization from solvents selected according to their polarity index. Scanning electron microscopy, laser diffraction, image analysis, X-ray powder diffractometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry were used to investigate the physicochemical characteristics of the prepared crystals. The isolated crystals exhibited different crystal habits but possessed the same internal crystal structure.

Preformulation investigation of some clopidogrel addition salts.

Physico-chemical properties of active substances such as solubility, dissolution rate, chemical stability, pharmaceutical processibility, etc. can be improved by salt formation of active substances. Characterization of physical properties of such salts is important for selection of an optimal salt having required biopharmaceutical properties, stability and manufacturability.

Compressed octahedral coordination in chain compounds containing divalent copper: structure and magnetic properties of CuFAsF6 and CsCuAlF6.

Crystal structures and magnetic investigations of CuFAsF6 and CsCuAlF6 are reported. Together with KCuAlF6, these appear to be the only examples of Jahn-Teller pure Cu(II) compounds containing only one type of ligand that exhibits a compressed octahedral coordination geometry. The Rietveld method has been used for refining the CsCuAlF6 structure based on neutron powder diffraction data at 4 K.

Syntheses, structures and properties of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium salts of fluorocomplex anions.

Fluoroacid-base reactions of a room-temperature ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium fluorohydrogenate (EMIm(HF)2.3F, EMIm = 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cation), and Lewis fluoroacids (BF3, PF5, AsF5, NbF5, TaF5 and WF6) give EMIm salts of the corresponding fluorocomplex anions, EMImBF4, EMImPF6, EMImAsF6, EMImNbF6, EMImTaF6 and EMImWF7, respectively. Attempts to prepare EMImVF6 by both the acid-base reaction of EMIm(HF)2.