Crystal engineering of pharmaceutical cocrystals in the discovery and development of improved drugs

G Bolla, B Sarma, AK Nangia - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The subject of crystal engineering started in the 1970s with the study of topochemical
reactions in the solid state. A broad chemical definition of crystal engineering was published …

Green chemistry in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals

S Kar, H Sanderson, K Roy, E Benfenati… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The principles of green chemistry (GC) can be comprehensively implemented in green
synthesis of pharmaceuticals by choosing no solvents or green solvents (preferably water) …

Advancing mechanochemical synthesis by combining milling with different energy sources

V Martinez, T Stolar, B Karadeniz, I Brekalo… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Owing to its efficiency and unique reactivity, mechanochemical processing of bulk solids has
developed into a powerful tool for the synthesis and transformation of various classes of …

Cocrystal engineering of pharmaceutical solids: Therapeutic potential and challenges

SN Wong, YCS Chen, B Xuan, CC Sun, SF Chow - CrystEngComm, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cocrystals are an emerging class of crystalline materials composed of two or more different
molecules in the same crystal lattice that are physically connected by non-ionic and non …

Metal‐Catalyzed Organic Reactions by Resonant Acoustic Mixing

L Gonnet, CB Lennox, JL Do, I Malvestiti… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate catalytic organic synthesis by Resonant Acoustic Mixing (RAM): a
mechanochemical methodology that does not require bulk solvent or milling media. Using …

[HTML][HTML] Direct mechanocatalysis by resonant acoustic mixing (RAM)

CB Lennox, TH Borchers, L Gonnet, CJ Barrett… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate the use of a metal surface to directly catalyse copper-catalysed alkyne–
azide click-coupling (CuAAC) reactions under the conditions of Resonant Acoustic Mixing …

Opportunities and challenges in mechanochemical cocrystallization toward scaled-up pharmaceutical manufacturing

SN Madanayake, A Manipura, R Thakuria… - … Process Research & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recently, pharmaceutical cocrystals have gained immense interest because of their
potential to tune mechanical, pharmacokinetic, and physicochemical properties of active …

Opportunities and Challenges in Applying Solid‐State NMR Spectroscopy in Organic Mechanochemistry

IAA Silva, E Bartalucci, C Bolm… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years it is shown that mechanochemical strategies can be beneficial in directed
conversions of organic compounds. Finding new reactions proved difficult, and due to the …

Sustainable mechanosynthesis of biologically active molecules

O Bento, F Luttringer, T Mohy El Dine… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic mechanochemistry, the use of mechanical force produced by milling, grinding or
extruding, as an activation technique, provides access to chemical entities of all kinds. This …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on synthesis, characterization, and performance of energetic cocrystals: A review

M Sultan, J Wu, IU Haq, M Imran, L Yang, JJ Wu, J Lu… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the niche area of energetic materials, a balance between energy and safety is extremely
important. To address this “energy–safety contradiction”, energetic cocrystals have been …