Journal
MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS
Volume 14, Issue 11, Pages 3879-3887Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00587
Keywords
pharmaceutical cocrystals; dissociation; excipients; formulations; powder X-ray diffractometry
Funding
- University Grants Commission, India
- William and Mildred Peters endowment
- Pfizer
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Caffeine-oxalic acid cocrystal, widely reported to be stable under high humidity, dissociated in the presence of numerous pharmaceutical excipients. In cocrystal-excipient binary systems, the water mediated dissociation reaction occurred under pharmaceutically relevant storage conditions. Powder X-ray diffractometry was used to identify the dissociated products obtained as a consequence of coformer-excipient interaction. The proposed cocrystal dissociation mechanism involved water sorption, dissolution of cocrystal and excipient in the sorbed water, proton transfer from oxalic acid to the excipient, and formation of metal salts and caffeine hydrate. In compressed tablets with magnesium stearate, the cocrystal dissociation was readily discerned from the appearance of peaks attributable to caffeine hydrate and stearic acid. Neutral excipients provide an avenue to circumvent the risk of water mediated cocrystal dissociation.
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