198 Topics in Current Chemistry Editorial Board: A. de Meijere KN ...
198 Topics in Current Chemistry Editorial Board: A. de Meijere KN ...
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Crystall<strong>in</strong>e Polymorphism of Organic Compounds 187<br />
compound gossypol (a toxic constituent of cotton-seed) obta<strong>in</strong>ed from three<br />
different solvents showed characteristic differences <strong>in</strong> their IR spectra <strong>in</strong> the<br />
3500 cm –1 region [114]. Pseudopolymorphs of a host conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the same guest<br />
<strong>in</strong> different molar ratios are also known.An alicyclic diol of the helical tubuland<br />
family [115] forms two crystallographically dist<strong>in</strong>ct lattice <strong>in</strong>clusion complexes<br />
with 1,2-dichlorobenzene hav<strong>in</strong>g host-guest ratios of 4:1 and 3:1 [116]. These<br />
were readily dist<strong>in</strong>guished from their IR spectra <strong>in</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>gerpr<strong>in</strong>t region.<br />
The spectral techniques available for the characterization of polymorphs and<br />
solvates have been reviewed [27] and the merits of FT-IR spectroscopy for the<br />
acquisition of high-quality spectra have been stressed. The review also lists drug<br />
substances whose polymorphism has been <strong>in</strong>vestigated by IR-spectroscopy.<br />
Another recent review on the use of the IR method to <strong>in</strong>vestigate polymorphism<br />
is based on spectra for a <strong>de</strong>rivative of sulphadox<strong>in</strong>e as a mo<strong>de</strong>l compound [21].<br />
Dynamic aspects of polymorphism are also amenable to study by IR spectroscopy.<br />
The effect of hydrogen bond<strong>in</strong>g on the lattice dynamics, polymorphism,<br />
mesomorphism and phase tranformations of long-cha<strong>in</strong> carboxylic acids as<br />
gauged from IR spectra has recently been reported [117].<br />
A relatively new trend is the application of near-IR spectroscopy for compound<br />
i<strong>de</strong>ntification and quantitation <strong>in</strong> many <strong>in</strong>dustrial environments <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
chemical process<strong>in</strong>g and food science. The advantages of near-IR over<br />
conventional IR spectroscopy for the <strong>in</strong>vestigation of polymorphs have been<br />
<strong>de</strong>scribed [118]. A fast, sensitive pattern recognition method for i<strong>de</strong>ntify<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
polymorph and <strong>de</strong>term<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g its quality us<strong>in</strong>g near-IR spectra has been <strong>de</strong>veloped<br />
[119]. Pattern recognition methods <strong>in</strong>volve tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a computer to recognize<br />
spectra of acceptable samples of a material and to reject unacceptable<br />
ones by multivariate statistical analyses. This study showed that the method<br />
<strong>de</strong>scribed can discrim<strong>in</strong>ate between the <strong>de</strong>sired polymorph and other crystall<strong>in</strong>e<br />
forms, the statistical results <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g that levels as low as 2% of an adulterat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
polymorph may be reliably <strong>de</strong>tected. The authors ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> that the near-IR<br />
method, which can be automated, provi<strong>de</strong>s a reliability comparable to that of<br />
XRD for polymorphic i<strong>de</strong>ntification but is likely to be less costly to implement.<br />
There is a grow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> the use of Raman spectroscopy for study<strong>in</strong>g<br />
polymorphism and pseudopolymorphism [27]. The Raman technique has<br />
recently been used to dist<strong>in</strong>guish two tricl<strong>in</strong>ic polymorphs of terephthalic acid<br />
[120] and, <strong>in</strong> comb<strong>in</strong>ation with IR spectroscopy, to study the conformational<br />
polymorphism of 1-bromopentane [121].<br />
Fig. 10. Head-to-tail hydrogen bond<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Form I of <strong>de</strong>hydroepiandrosterone. A and B are<br />
crystallographically dist<strong>in</strong>ct and distances are <strong>in</strong> Å