作者:Palash Sanphui、Bipul Sarma、Ashwini Nangia
DOI:10.1021/cg100845f
日期:2010.10.6
The role of about 20 different solvents in the crystallization of polymorphs for 13 N-phenyl benzene sulfonamides was studied. Five compounds (1, 2, 3, 7, and 11) are dimorphic, and one is trimorphic (6). All the crystalline solids were characterized by powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, hot stage microscopy, and IR and Raman spectroscopy. The phase transition from a metastable form to the stable form was examined visually for two compounds (1, 11) on a HSM and confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction. The N-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bond catemer (chain) and dimer (cyclic) motifs of the sulfonamide group were analyzed as the main difference between polymorphs of 1, 3, and 6. Weaker C-H center dot center dot center dot O interactions differentiate the molecular packing of other polymorphic systems. Accordingly, these crystal structures are referred to as synthon polymorphs. The occurrence of N-H center dot center dot center dot O catemer and dimer synthon in secondary sulfonamides is compared with crystal structures in the Cambridge database. The nearly equal probability of the dimer and catemer motifs for secondary sulfonamides (similar to 19%) is attributed to the possibility of making the catemer synthon via both anti and syn oxygen atoms of the SO(2)NH group, with the former acceptor being preferred in two-thirds of the cases.