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Dynamics by Solid-State NMR: Detailed Study of Ibuprofen Na Salt and Comparison with Ibuprofen
No full textThe various internal rotations and interconfor-
mational jumps of the Na-salt form of ibuprofen in the solid
state were characterized in detail by means of the simultaneous
analysis of a variety of low- and high-resolution NMR experi-
ments aimed at measuring several 13C and 1H spectral and
relaxation properties at different temperatures and frequencies.
The results were first qualitatively analyzed to identify the
motions of the different molecular fragments and to assign
them to specific frequency regimes (slow, 106 Hz). Subsequently, a simultaneous fit of the experimental data sets most sensitive to each frequency range was performed by using suitable motional models, thus obtaining, for each motion, correlation times and activation energies. The motions so characterized were: the rotations of the three methyl groups and of the isobutyl group, occurring in the fast regime, and the π-flip of the phenyl ring, belonging to the intermediate motional regime. The results obtained for the Na-salt form were compared with those of the acidic form of ibuprofen, previously obtained from a similar solid-state NMR approach: despite the very similar chemical structure of the two compounds, their dynamic properties in the solid state are noticeably different
Detailed Characterization of the Dynamics of Ibuprofen in the Solid State by a Multi-Technique NMR Approach
No full textThe internal rotations and interconformational jumps of ibu- profen in the solid state are fully characterized by the simulta- neous analysis of a variety of low- and high-resolution NMR ex- periments for the measurement of several 13C and 1H spectral and relaxation properties, performed at different temperatures and, in some cases, frequencies. The results are first qualitative- ly analyzed to identify the motions of the different molecular fragments and to assign them to specific frequency ranges (slow, 106 Hz). In a second step, a simultaneous fit of the experimental data sets most sensitive to each frequency range is performed by means of suitable motional models to obtain, for each motion, values of correlation times and activation energies. The rotations of the three methyl groups around their ternary symmetry axes, which occur in the fast regime, are characterized by slightly different activation energies. Thanks to the simultaneous analy- sis of 1H and 13C data, the p-flip of the dimeric structure made by the acidic groups is also identified and seen to occur in the fast regime. On the contrary, the p-flip of the phenyl ring is found to occur in the slow motional regime, while the rota- tions of the isobutyl and propionic groups are frozen. The ap- proach used appears to be of general applicability for studying the dynamics of small organic molecules
Study of disorder by solid-state NMR spectroscopy
No full textTheory and applications of solid-state NMR spectroscopy to study disorder phenomena in pharmaceutical material
Dynamics of Clay-Intercalated Ibuprofen Studied by Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
No full textIn designing drug delivery systems with improved release properties and bioavailability, the dynamic features of the active pharmaceutical ingredient can be crucial for the final product properties. In this work, we aimed at obtaining the first characterization of the molecular dynamic properties of one of the most common nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, ibuprofen, intercalated in hydrotalcite, an interesting inorganic carrier. By exploiting a variety of solid state NMR techniques, including 1H and 13C MAS spectra and T1 relaxation measurements, performed at variable temperature and carrying out a synergic analysis of all results, it has been possible to ascertain that the mobility of ibuprofen within the carrier is remarkably increased. In particular, strong indications have been obtained that ibuprofen molecules, in addition to internal interconformational dynamics, experience an overall molecular motion. Also considering that ibuprofen is "anchored" to the charged surface of the hydrotalcite layers through its carboxylate moiety, such motion could be a wobbling-in-a-cone. Activation energies and correlation times of all the motions of intercalated ibuprofen have been determined
Magic-Angle Spinning NMR of Cold Samples
No full textM agic-angle-spinning solid-state NMR provides site-resolved structural and chemical information about molecules that complements many other physical techniques. Recent technical advances have made it possible to perform magic-angle-spinning NMR experiments at low temperatures, allowing researchers to trap reaction intermediates and to perform site-resolved studies of low-temperature physical phenomena such as quantum rotations, quantum tunneling, ortho-para conversion between spin isomers, and super- conductivity. In examining biological molecules, the improved sensitivity provided by cryogenic NMR facilitates the study of protein assembly or membrane proteins. The combination of low-temperatures with dynamic nuclear polarization has the potential to boost sensitivity even further. Many research groups, including ours, have addressed the technical challenges and developed hardware for magic-angle-spinning of samples cooled down to a few tens of degrees Kelvin.
In this Account, we briefly describe these hardware developments and review several recent activities of our group which
involve low-temperature magic-angle-spinning NMR. Low-temperature operation allows us to trap intermediates that cannot be studied under ambient conditions by NMR because of their short lifetime. We have used low-temperature NMR to study the electronic structure of bathorhodopsin, the primary photoproduct of the light-sensitive membrane protein, rhodopsin. This project used a custom-built NMR probe that allows low-temperature NMR in the presence of illumination (the image shows the illuminated spinner module).
We have also used this technique to study the behavior of molecules within a restricted environment. Small-molecule endofullerenes are interesting molecular systems in which molecular rotors are confined to a well-insulated, well-defined, and highly symmetric environment. We discuss how cryogenic solid state NMR can give information on the dynamics of ortho-water confined in a fullerene cage.
Molecular motions are often connected with fundamental chemical properties; therefore, an understanding of molecular dynamics can be important in fields ranging from material science to biochemistry. We present the case of ibuprofen sodium salt which exhibits different degrees of conformational freedom in different parts of the same molecule, leading to a range of line broadening and line narrowing phenomena as a function of temperature
Dynamics of two glass forming monohydroxy alcohols by field cycling 1H NMR relaxometry
Full text linkThe dynamics of 2,2-dimethylbutan-1-ol (2,2-DM-1-B) and 3,3-dimethylbutan-1-ol (3,3-DM-1-B), two glass forming monohydroxy alcohols, was investigated by field cycling1H NMR relaxometry in their liquid phase, including the supercooled regime. Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) curves (i.e. longitudinal relaxation rate R1vs1H Larmor frequency), acquired for the two alcohols at different temperatures in the 0.01-35 MHz frequency range, were analyzed in terms of suitable models for internal motions, overall molecular reorientations, and molecular self-diffusion, and the corresponding correlation times were quantitatively determined. In addition, trends of1H R1as a function of the frequency square root at low frequencies, where the contribution of translational motions dominates, were exploited to achieve an independent determination of the self-diffusion coefficients (D), which does not require the separation of different motional contributions to relaxation. Good agreement was found between D values determined by the two methods, thus corroborating the model used for the description of the NMRD curves. Self-diffusion was found to be slower and more strongly temperature dependent for 2,2-DM-1-B with respect to 3,3-DM-1-B, whereas molecular reorientations were quite similar for the two isomeric alcohols. Correlation times for molecular reorientations were found to be at least one order of magnitude shorter than those reported in the literature for the Debye-like relaxation observed by dielectric spectroscopy in the liquid phase
Magic-angle spinning NMR of cold samples
No full textMagic-angle-spinning solid-state NMR provides site-resolved structural and chemical information about molecules that complements many other physical techniques. Recent technical advances have made it possible to perform magic-angle-spinning NMR experiments at low temperatures, allowing researchers to trap reaction intermediates and to perform site-resolved studies of low-temperature physical phenomena such as quantum rotations, quantum tunneling, ortho-para conversion between spin isomers, and superconductivity. In examining biological molecules, the improved sensitivity provided by cryogenic NMR facilitates the study of protein assembly or membrane proteins. The combination of low-temperatures with dynamic nuclear polarization has the potential to boost sensitivity even further. Many research groups, including ours, have addressed the technical challenges and developed hardware for magic-angle-spinning of samples cooled down to a few tens of degrees Kelvin.In this Account, we briefly describe these hardware developments and review several recent activities of our group which involve low-temperature magic-angle-spinning NMR. Low-temperature operation allows us to trap intermediates that cannot be studied under ambient conditions by NMR because of their short lifetime. We have used low-temperature NMR to study the electronic structure of bathorhodopsin, the primary photoproduct of the light-sensitive membrane protein, rhodopsin. This project used a custom-built NMR probe that allows low-temperature NMR in the presence of illumination (the image shows the illuminated spinner module).We have also used this technique to study the behavior of molecules within a restricted environment. Small-molecule endofullerenes are interesting molecular systems in which molecular rotors are confined to a well-insulated, well-defined, and highly symmetric environment. We discuss how cryogenic solid state NMR can give information on the dynamics of ortho-water confined in a fullerene cage.Molecular motions are often connected with fundamental chemical properties; therefore, an understanding of molecular dynamics can be important in fields ranging from material science to biochemistry. We present the case of ibuprofen sodium salt which exhibits different degrees of conformational freedom in different parts of the same molecule, leading to a range of line broadening and line narrowing phenomena as a function of temperature
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Dynamics of Dimethylbutanols in Plastic Crystalline Phases by Field Cycling 1H NMR Relaxometry
No full text2,2-Dimethylbutan-1-ol (2,2-DM-1-B), 3,3-dimethylbutan-1-ol (3,3-DM-1-B), and 3,3-dimethylbutan-2-ol (3,3-DM-2-B) show a rich solid-state polymorphism, which includes one or more plastic crystalline phases (also referred to as orientationally disordered crystalline (ODIC) phases) and glass of the liquid or ODIC phases. In this work, the dynamics of the three isomeric alcohols was investigated in the liquid and plastic crystalline phases by fast field cycling 1H NMR relaxometry in the temperature range between 213 and 303 K. The analysis of the nuclear magnetic relaxation dispersion curves (i.e., longitudinal relaxation rate R1 vs 1H Larmor frequency) acquired for the different alcohols at different temperatures gave quantitative information on internal motions, overall molecular reorientations, and molecular self-diffusion. Self-diffusion coefficients were also determined in the liquid phase and in some ODIC phases of the samples from the trends of 1H R1 as a function of the frequency square root at low frequencies. Remarkable changes in the temperature trends of correlation times and self-diffusion coefficients were found at the transition between the liquid and the ODIC phase for 2,2-DM-1-B and 3,3-DM-1-B, and between ODIC phases for 3,3-DM-2-B, the latter sample showing a markedly different dynamic and phase behavior
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