Yushi Feng1, David J W Grant. 1. Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0343, USA. fengy010@umn.edu
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of the study is to examine the influence of slip planes on the nanoindentation hardness and compaction properties of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, and n-butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (parabens). METHODS: Molecular modeling calculations, embodying the attachment energy concept, were performed to predict the slip planes in the crystal lattices, whereas the nanoindentation hardness of the crystals and the tensile strength of directly compressed compacts were measured. RESULTS: Unlike the other three parabens, methyl paraben has no slip planes in its crystal lattice, and its crystals showed greater nanoindentation hardness, corresponding to lower plasticity, whereas its tablets exhibited substantially lower tensile strength than those of ethyl, propyl, or butyl paraben. CONCLUSIONS: The nanoindentation hardness of the crystals and the tensile strength of directly compressed tablets were each found to correlate directly with the absence or presence of slip planes in the crystal structures of the parabens because slip planes confer greater plasticity. This work presents a molecular insight into the influence of crystal structural features on the tableting performance of molecular crystals in general and of crystalline pharmaceuticals in particular.
PURPOSE: The aim of the study is to examine the influence of slip planes on the nanoindentation hardness and compaction properties of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, and n-butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (parabens). METHODS: Molecular modeling calculations, embodying the attachment energy concept, were performed to predict the slip planes in the crystal lattices, whereas the nanoindentation hardness of the crystals and the tensile strength of directly compressed compacts were measured. RESULTS: Unlike the other three parabens, methyl paraben has no slip planes in its crystal lattice, and its crystals showed greater nanoindentation hardness, corresponding to lower plasticity, whereas its tablets exhibited substantially lower tensile strength than those of ethyl, propyl, or butyl paraben. CONCLUSIONS: The nanoindentation hardness of the crystals and the tensile strength of directly compressed tablets were each found to correlate directly with the absence or presence of slip planes in the crystal structures of the parabens because slip planes confer greater plasticity. This work presents a molecular insight into the influence of crystal structural features on the tableting performance of molecular crystals in general and of crystalline pharmaceuticals in particular.
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