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 …

Mechanochemistry and organic synthesis: from mystical to practical

J Andersen, J Mack - Green chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Perhaps due in no small part to its historical mystique, mechanochemistry has been
shrowded in relative obscurity for quite some time. The successes of mechanochemistry in …

Creating cocrystals: A review of pharmaceutical cocrystal preparation routes and applications

M Karimi-Jafari, L Padrela, GM Walker… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Originally discovered almost a century ago, cocrystals continue to gain interest in the
modern day due to their ability to modify the physical properties of solid-state materials …

Mechanochemistry can reduce life cycle environmental impacts of manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients

O Galant, G Cerfeda, AS McCalmont… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The scale-up of mechanochemical methods could play a transformative role in making
manufacturing processes in the pharmaceutical industry greener by eliminating solvent use …

Constructing ultraporous covalent organic frameworks in seconds via an organic terracotta process

S Karak, S Kandambeth, BP Biswal… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Research on covalent organic frameworks (COFs) has recently gathered significant
momentum by the virtue of their predictive design, controllable porosity, and long-range …

Pharmaceutical cocrystals, salts and multicomponent systems; intermolecular interactions and property based design

DJ Berry, JW Steed - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
As small molecule drugs become harder to develop and less cost effective for patient use,
efficient strategies for their property improvement become increasingly important to global …

Towards medicinal mechanochemistry: evolution of milling from pharmaceutical solid form screening to the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)

D Tan, L Loots, T Friščić - Chemical Communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This overview highlights the emergent area of mechanochemical reactions for making active
pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and covers the latest advances in the recently …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis by extrusion: continuous, large-scale preparation of MOFs using little or no solvent

D Crawford, J Casaban, R Haydon, N Giri… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Grinding solid reagents under solvent-free or low-solvent conditions (mechanochemistry) is
emerging as a general synthetic technique which is an alternative to conventional solvent …

Pharmaceutical cocrystals and poorly soluble drugs

R Thakuria, A Delori, W Jones, MP Lipert, L Roy… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
In recent years cocrystal formation has emerged as a viable strategy towards improving the
solubility and bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs. In this review the success of numerous …

Advanced methodologies for cocrystal synthesis

D Douroumis, SA Ross, A Nokhodchi - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical cocrystals are multicomponent systems composed of two or more molecules
and held together by H-bonding. Currently, cocrystals provide exciting opportunities in the …