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ArticlePharmaceutical research2012

Analysis of a nanocrystalline polymer dispersion of ebselen using solid-state NMR, Raman microscopy, and powder X-ray diffraction.

Frederick G Vogt, Glenn R Williams

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Article in Pharmaceutical research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Frederick G VogtProduct Development, GlaxoSmithKline Plc., 709 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA. fred.g.vogt@gsk.com
Glenn R Williams
GlaxoSmithKline (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeNanocrystalline drug-polymer dispersions are of significant interest in pharmaceutical delivery. The purpose of this work is to demonstrate the applicability of methods based on two-dimensional (2D) and multinuclear solid-state NMR (SSNMR) to a novel nanocrystalline pharmaceutical dispersion of ebselen with polyvinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate (PVP-VA), after initial characterization with other techniques.

methodsA nanocrystalline dispersion of ebselen with PVP-VA was prepared and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), confocal Raman microscopy and mapping, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and then subjected to detailed 1D and 2D SSNMR analysis involving ¹H, ¹³C, and ⁷⁷Se isotopes and ¹H spin diffusion.

resultsPXRD was used to show that dispersion contains nanocrystalline ebselen in the 35-60 nm size range. Confocal Raman microscopy and spectral mapping were able to detect regions where short-range interactions may occur between ebselen and PVP-VA. Spin diffusion effects were analyzed using 2D SSNMR experiments and are able to directly detect interactions between ebselen and the surrounding PVP-VA.

conclusionsThe methods used here, particularly the 2D SSNMR methods based on spin diffusion, provided detailed structural information about a nanocrystalline polymer dispersion of ebselen, and should be useful in other studies of these types of materials.

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Calorimetry, Differential ScanningCrystallizationMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMicroscopy, ConfocalPyrrolidinesVinyl CompoundsX-Ray Diffractionpoly(vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl-acetate)PyrrolidinesVinyl Compounds

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