Solubility and some crystallization properties of conglomerate forming chiral drug guaifenesin in water.

The solubility of 3-(2-methoxyphenoxy)-propane-1,2-diol, the well-known chiral drug guaifenesin 1, in water has been investigated by means of polythermal and isothermal approaches. It was found that the solubilities of racemic and enantiomeric diols rac- and (R)-1 depend strongly on temperature. The ternary phase diagram of the guaifenesin enantiomers in water in the temperature range between 10°C and 40°C was constructed. Clear evidence was obtained that rac-1 crystallizes as a stable conglomerate. The Meyerhoffer coefficient for the guaifenesin-water system is more than two and strongly depends on temperature. Neither crystalline hydrates nor polymorphs were detected within the range of conditions covered. Metastable zone width data with regard to primary nucleation were also collected for rac-1 and (R)-1. On the basis of the knowledge acquired, the resolution of racemic guaifenesin by preferential crystallization from solution could be realized successfully.

p-Tolyl glycerol ether: is it possible to find more simple molecular organogelator with pronounced chirality driven properties?

p-Tolyl glycerol ether not belonging to any of the known gelator families forms stable transparent gels in hydrocarbon media showing very good quantitative characteristics of gelling abilities, which are, in turn, strongly dependent on the chiral characteristics of the gelator. The crystal packing differences between the rac- and scal-substances could be the reason for such behaviour.

Racemic compound against racemic conglomerate formation: the crystal properties of allylbenzylmethylphenylphosphonium iodide as compared with the nitrogen analogue.

Although racemic allylbenzylmethylphenylammonium iodide 1b displays spontaneous resolution crystallizing in a homochiral mode as a conglomerate, its phosphonium analogue rac-2b crystallizes in a heterochiral lattice forming racemic compound in the solid state. The more pronounced conformation freedom for 2b molecules manifests itself by multiple molecules crystallization (Z' = 3) of (S)-2b with the three independent molecules having different conformation.

Three different types of chirality-driven crystallization within the series of uniformly substituted phenyl glycerol ethers.

Seven chiral arylglycerol ethers 2-R-C(6)H(4)-O-CH(2)CH(OH)CH(2)OH (R = H, Me, Et, Allyl, n-Pr, i-Pr, tert-Bu) were synthesized in racemic and scalemic form. The IR spectra, melting points, and enthalpies of fusion for racemic and scalemic samples of every species were measured, the entropies of enantiomers mixing in the liquid state and Gibbs free energies of a racemic compound formation were derived and binary phase diagrams were reconstructed for the whole family. Solid racemic compounds stabilities were ranked for the four substances. Spontaneous resolution was established for the registered chiral drug mephenesin and its ethyl analogue. Metastable anomalous conglomerate, forming crystals having three independent R* and one independent S* molecules in the unit cell, is formed during solution crystallization of tert-butyl derivative; metastable phase transforms slowly into traditional racemic conglomerate.