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ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 18, Issue 11, Pages 1382-1390Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/op500171n
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- Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing
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Polymorph dynamics of l-glutamic acid were examined during continuous mixed suspension mixed product removal (MSMPR) crystallization as a function of residence time and temperature. Results indicate that it is possible to selectively produce metastable or stable polymorphs via a kinetically controlled crystallization in an MSMPR crystallizer by manipulating the crystallizer temperature and residence time. Additionally, on the basis of experimental and modeling studies, it was found that seeding is not necessarily sufficient to alter polymorphism at a given steady state, indicating that this traditional polymorph control strategy may not be applicable in MSMPR systems. The competition between nucleation and growth kinetics of the metastable alpha form and the stable beta form is the major factor in determining the polymorphic outcome at particular steady state conditions. A metastable steady state with a population of the stable beta polymorphic was experimentally obtained at 25 degrees C and 120 min residence time where a small perturbation from the alpha form could induce a change in the steady state polymorphism. This polymorphic transformation, unlike the traditional solvent-mediated transformation, is a result of the interplay of kinetic driving forces. In addition, our dynamic simulation suggests that long residence times (>17.4 h) are required to obtain a steady state of the stable beta form when operating at temperatures of 25 degrees C. Our studies indicate one challenge for designing a MSMPR crystallization will be the interplay of growth and nucleation kinetics of the various forms at conditions which produce the desired yield and polymorph.
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