For an active pharmaceutical ingredient, it is important to stabilize its specific crystal polymorph. If the potential interconversion of various polymorphs is not carefully controlled, it may lead to deterioration of the drug’s physicochemical profile and, ultimately, its therapeutic efficacy. The desired polymorph stabilization can be achieved via co-crystallization with appropriate crystallophoric excipients. In this work, we identified an opportunity for co-crystallization of anastrozole (ASZ), a well-known aromatase inhibitor useful in second-line therapy of estrogen-dependent breast cancer, with a classical XB donor, 1,2,4,5-tetrafluoro-3,6-diiodobenzene (1,4-FIB). In the X-ray structures of ASZ·1.5 (1,4-FIB) co-crystal, different non-covalent interactions involving hydrogen and halogen atoms were detected and studied by quantum chemical calculations and QTAIM analysis at the ωB97XD/DZP-DKH level of theory.

Original languageEnglish
Article number371
Number of pages13
JournalCrystals
Volume10
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2020

    Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Chemical Engineering(all)
  • Materials Science(all)
  • Inorganic Chemistry

    Research areas

  • Anastrozole, DFT, Halogen bonding, Lp-π interactions, Non-covalent interactions, QTAIM, non-covalent interactions, HYDROGEN-BOND, CENTER-DOT-N, COMPLEXES, REACTIVITY, NONCOVALENT INTERACTIONS, SOLID-STATE, DENSITY, ENERGETIC PROPERTIES, lp-pi interactions, anastrozole, COORDINATION POLYMERS, halogen bonding, ZETA BASIS-SETS

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