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 …

Disappearing polymorphs revisited

DK Bučar, RW Lancaster… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Nearly twenty years ago, Dunitz and Bernstein described a selection of intriguing cases of
polymorphs that disappear. The inability to obtain a crystal form that has previously been …

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 …

A practical guide to the design of molecular crystals

MK Corpinot, DK Bucar - Crystal Growth & Design, 2018 - ACS Publications
This Tutorial Review, aimed at both the novice and the seasoned solid-state chemist,
provides a succinct overview of key findings that have, over the last half century, advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen bonding vs. halogen bonding: the solvent decides

CC Robertson, JS Wright, EJ Carrington, RN Perutz… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Control of intermolecular interactions is integral to harnessing self-assembly in nature. Here
we demonstrate that control of the competition between hydrogen bonds and halogen …

Co‐crystal Prediction by Artificial Neural Networks

JJ Devogelaer, H Meekes, P Tinnemans… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A significant amount of attention has been given to the design and synthesis of co‐crystals
by both industry and academia because of its potential to change a molecule's …

[HTML][HTML] Challenging the Ostwald rule of stages in mechanochemical cocrystallisation

LS Germann, M Arhangelskis, M Etter… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanochemistry provides an efficient, but still poorly understood route to synthesize and
screen for polymorphs of organic solids. We present a hitherto unexplored effect of the …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal engineering: from promise to delivery

D Braga - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Twenty years ago, I wrote a Chem. Commun. feature article entitled “Crystal Engineering:
where from? Where to?”: an update is in order. In this Highlight I argue that molecular crystal …

[HTML][HTML] Introductory Lecture: Mechanochemistry, a versatile synthesis strategy for new materials

W Jones, MD Eddleston - Faraday discussions, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanochemistry deals with reactions induced by the input of mechanical energy–for
example by impacts within a vibratory ball mill. The technique has a long history with …

[HTML][HTML] The curious case of (caffeine)·(benzoic acid): how heteronuclear seeding allowed the formation of an elusive cocrystal

DK Bučar, GM Day, I Halasz, GGZ Zhang… - Chemical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Cocrystals are modular multicomponent solids with exceptional utility in synthetic chemistry
and materials science. A variety of methods exist for the preparation of cocrystals, yet, some …