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Cocrystal or Salt Crystallization for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients By Using Deep Eutectic Solvents
Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) often exhibit
physicochemical
problems that one can remedy by various methods (e.g., salt formation,
grinding, ordered mixtures, and cocrystal or amorphous formation).
Crystallizing salts or cocrystals from solutions of an API and a coformer
is widely used today. In recent years, green chemistry and sustainable
development goals have been an active area of research, and a production
method is required for reducing the use of organic solvents and implementing
a low environmental load. In this study, deep eutectic solvents (DESs)
were used as the mother liquids for crystallization and environmentally
friendly solvents. The DESs were made by combining three types of
choline salts and a coformer compound of malonic acid. Nine model
APIs were then dissolved in each DES and crystals precipitated from
the DESs. As a result, five kinds of cocrystals or salts precipitated
in 10 conditions, two of which were identified for the first time
in this study. Crystallization by using DESs is a potent alternative
for discovering novel cocrystals or salts with low environmental impact