The single-crystal X-ray diffraction structure of the sodium salt of N- (3-(aminosulfonyl)-4-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-N′- (2,3-dichlorophenyl) urea at 173 K is reported. The structure contains 3 mol of water situated in distinct channels in the vicinity of the sodium cation. Powders of this phase undergo isomorphic dehydration, losing 0.5% w/w water between 90 and 15% relative humidity (RH) at 25 °C without changing the powder X-ray pattern. Below 15% RH and above 50 °C, additional dehydration occurs in conjunction with a reversible phase transition. A third semicrystalline dehydrated phase appears after vacuum-drying and at high temperatures and also can be reversibly rehydrated to the original form. Single crystals of the dehydrated phases could not be prepared, so a combination of methods were used to understand the structural changes occurring during the desolvation process, including thermal analysis, vapor sorption measurements, variable-humidity and variable-temperature powder X-ray diffraction, vibrational spectroscopy, and 1 H, 13 C, 15 N, and 23 Na magic-angle spinning (MAS) solid-state NMR. The uptake of water vapor into the trihydrate form was investigated by NMR and vibrational spectroscopy using isotopically labeled water. Static 2 H and 17 O NMR quadrupolar line shape analysis combined with changes in MAS spectra showed exchanged sites on the parent and water molecules. The results indicate that two moles of ion-associated water in the larger tunnel are more labile than a hydrogen-bonded mole of water. Entire water molecules can exchange into the lattice to a small extent, but more efficient hydrogen transfer exchange is observed in the main channel and a smaller perpendicular side channel. The exchanged water deuterons execute rapid three-site jump motions at 273 K.
Understanding the crystalline structure of racemic carvedilol phosphate hemihydrate presents several challenges that were overcome using a combination of single-crystal X-ray diffraction, solid-state NMR (SSNMR), and other analytical techniques. Initial attempts to obtain a crystal structure were hampered by difficulties with twinning and problematic disorder in the final refinements. Multinuclear SSNMR analysis localized the disorder to portions of the molecule near the chiral center. As a result, single-enantiomer carvedilol phosphate was prepared and was found to crystallize in a phase that was isomorphous with the racemate, while SSNMR spectra of the single enantiomers did not contain the disorder observed in the racemate. The singlecrystal X-ray structure of the (R)-enantiomer was solved and used as a starting point to successfully progress the solution of the disordered racemic crystal structure. Thermal analysis and construction of a phase diagram, along with crystallographic and spectroscopic analysis, found the crystal structure of the racemate to be a solid solution of (R)-and (S)-enantiomers, with the conformation of the molecule adjusting to fit. The crystal structures show the stoichiometry of the both the racemate and (R)-enantiomer to be a hemihydrate. The phase isomorphically dehydrates below relative humidity values of 1% and above temperatures of 125 °C as assessed by water vapor sorption studies, powder X-ray diffraction, and SSNMR. Single-crystal diffraction detected significant changes in the unit cell dimensions as the phase dehydrated, which was related to the visual appearance of opacity in a single crystal of the (R)-enantiomer. The mechanism of water incorporation was further probed spectroscopically via exchange with deuterium, 17 O-, and 18 O-labeled water; the results suggest that dehydration and rehydration likely proceed via narrow tunnels in the crystal structure, combined with the formation of fissures in the crystal. 2 H SSNMR experiments showed that the water does not engage in solid-state jump motion even at higher temperatures.
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