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Role of Lattice Disorder in Water-Mediated Dissociation of Pharmaceutical Cocrystal Systems.

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Our objective is to mechanistically understand the implications of processing-induced lattice disorder on  the stability of pharmaceutical cocrystals. Caffeine-oxalic acid (CAFOXA) and dicalcium phosphate anhydrate (DCPA) were the model cocrystal… Click to show full abstract

Our objective is to mechanistically understand the implications of processing-induced lattice disorder on  the stability of pharmaceutical cocrystals. Caffeine-oxalic acid (CAFOXA) and dicalcium phosphate anhydrate (DCPA) were the model cocrystal (drug) and excipient, respectively. Cocrystal-excipient mixtures were milled for short times (≤2 min) and stored at room temperature (RT)/75% RH. Milling-induced lattice disorder was quantified using powder X-ray diffractometry and gravimetric water sorption. Milling for even 10 s resulted in measurable disorder and an attendant tendency of the solid to sorb water. This was followed by  cocrystal-excipient interaction leading to dissociation. The proposed mechanism of cocrystal dissociation entails the following sequence: sorption of water by disordered regions, dissolution of CAFOXA and DCPA in the sorbed water, followed by proton transfer from the coformer (oxalic acid) to DCPA, and the formation of hydrates of caffeine and calcium oxalate. As such, CAFOXA is a robust cocrystal, stable even under elevated humidity conditions (RT/98% RH). However, in a drug product environment, routine pharmaceutical processing steps such as milling and compaction have the potential to induce sufficient disorder to render it unstable.

Keywords: role lattice; dissociation; water; disorder; lattice disorder

Journal Title: Molecular pharmaceutics
Year Published: 2019

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