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Patyk-Kaźmierczak E, Izquierdo-Ruiz F, Lobato A, Kaźmierczak M, Moszczyńska I, Olejniczak A, Recio JM. The curious case of proton migration under pressure in the malonic acid and 4,4'-bipyridine cocrystal. IUCRJ 2024; 11:168-181. [PMID: 38275161 PMCID: PMC10916288 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252524000344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
Abstract
In the search for new active pharmaceutical ingredients, the precise control of the chemistry of cocrystals becomes essential. One crucial step within this chemistry is proton migration between cocrystal coformers to form a salt, usually anticipated by the empirical ΔpKa rule. Due to the effective role it plays in modifying intermolecular distances and interactions, pressure adds a new dimension to the ΔpKa rule. Still, this variable has been scarcely applied to induce proton-transfer reactions within these systems. In our study, high-pressure X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy experiments, supported by DFT calculations, reveal modifications to the protonation states of the 4,4'-bipyridine (BIPY) and malonic acid (MA) cocrystal (BIPYMA) that allow the conversion of the cocrystal phase into ionic salt polymorphs. On compression, neutral BIPYMA and monoprotonated (BIPYH+MA-) species coexist up to 3.1 GPa, where a phase transition to a structure of P21/c symmetry occurs, induced by a double proton-transfer reaction forming BIPYH22+MA2-. The low-pressure C2/c phase is recovered at 2.4 GPa on decompression, leading to a 0.7 GPa hysteresis pressure range. This is one of a few studies on proton transfer in multicomponent crystals that shows how susceptible the interconversion between differently charged species is to even slight pressure changes, and how the proton transfer can be a triggering factor leading to changes in the crystal symmetry. These new data, coupled with information from previous reports on proton-transfer reactions between coformers, extend the applicability of the ΔpKa rule incorporating the pressure required to induce salt formation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ewa Patyk-Kaźmierczak
- Facuty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, Poznań 61-614, Poland
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- MALTA-Consolider Team and Departamento de Química Física, University Complutense of Madrid, Avda. de Séneca, 2 Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- MALTA-Consolider Team and Departamento de Química Física, University Complutense of Madrid, Avda. de Séneca, 2 Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Facuty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, Poznań 61-614, Poland
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- Facuty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, Poznań 61-614, Poland
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- Facuty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, Poznań 61-614, Poland
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- MALTA-Consolider Team and Departamento de Química Física y Analítica, University of Oviedo, Julián Clavería n° 8, Oviedo 33006, Spain
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Wernevik J, Bergström F, Novén A, Hulthe J, Fredlund L, Addison D, Holmgren J, Strömstedt PE, Rehnström E, Lundbäck T. A Fully Integrated Assay Panel for Early Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Profiling. Assay Drug Dev Technol 2020; 18:157-179. [PMID: 32407132 PMCID: PMC7567642 DOI: 10.1089/adt.2020.970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Evaluation and optimization of physicochemical and metabolic properties of compounds are a crucial component of the drug development process. Continuous access to this information during the design-make-test-analysis cycle enables identification of chemical entities with suitable properties for efficient project progression. In this study, we describe an integrated and automated assay panel (DMPK Wave 1) that informs weekly on lipophilicity, solubility, human plasma protein binding, and metabolic stability in rat hepatocytes and human liver microsomes. All assays are running in 96-well format with ultraperformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (MS)/MS as read-out. A streamlined overall workflow has been developed by optimizing all parts of the process, including shipping of compounds between sites, use of fit-for-purpose equipment and information systems, and technology for compound requesting, data analysis, and reporting. As a result, lead times can be achieved that well match project demands across sites independently of where compounds are synthesized. This robust screening strategy is run on a weekly basis and enables optimization of structure-activity relationships in parallel with DMPK properties to allow efficient and informed decision making.
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- Johan Wernevik
- Mechanistic Biology & Profiling, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- DMPK, Early CVRM, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Mechanistic Biology & Profiling, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Mechanistic Biology & Profiling, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Mechanistic Biology & Profiling, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Sample Management, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Sample Management, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Mechanistic Biology & Profiling, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Clinical Sampling & Alliances, Precision Medicine, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Mechanistic Biology & Profiling, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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