Issue 1, 2020

Studies on the internal medium-range ordering and high pressure dynamics in modified ibuprofens

Abstract

Broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS), combined with the X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) techniques, was used to study the dynamics of the primary (α) relaxation process and slow mode (SM), as well as structural properties and intermolecular interactions, in the methyl-, isopropyl-, hexyl-, and benzyl derivative of a well-known pharmaceutical, ibuprofen (IBU). Unexpectedly, the XRD and FTIR methods revealed the formation of medium-range ordering together with some molecular organization, which probably leads to the creation of small aggregates at the scale of several microns at lower temperatures. Moreover, high pressure dielectric experiments revealed that the SM (observed in the ambient pressure data) is not detected in the loss spectra of compressed IBU esters, which is consistent with the results reported previously for propylene carbonate and dioxolane derivatives. This finding can be interpreted as connected to either the comparable time scale of the structural dynamics and slow mode or suppression of the motions responsible for the latter process at elevated pressure. Additionally, it was found that the pressure coefficient of the glass transition temperature (dTg/dp) and activation volume (ΔV) change with molecular weight (Mw) in a non-monotonic way. It might be related to various chemical structures, conformations, and intermolecular interactions, as well as different architecture of supramolecular aggregates in the investigated compounds.

Graphical abstract: Studies on the internal medium-range ordering and high pressure dynamics in modified ibuprofens

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Sep 2019
Accepted
16 Nov 2019
First published
21 Nov 2019

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 295-305

Studies on the internal medium-range ordering and high pressure dynamics in modified ibuprofens

A. Minecka, E. Kamińska, K. Jurkiewicz, D. Heczko, B. Hachuła, W. Pisarski, K. Kamiński and M. Paluch, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 295 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP04886C

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