Investigating a soluble pharmaceutical salt: Albendazole Hydrochloride

BONGIOANNI, AGUSTINA

CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Año: 2019

1528-7483

lbendazole is an effective antihelmintic drug, which has an unpredictable therapeutic response dueto its low solubility in biological fluids that limits its oral absorption. In an attempt to improve solubility,Albendazole Hydrochloride, a soluble pharmaceutical salt, was obtained and characterized by X-raydiffraction together with magic angle spinning solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy,Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopies, thermal analysis, energy-dispersive X-rayspectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. These studies revealed that the crystalline habitof Albendazole Hydrochloride is different from that of the Albendazole solid forms previouslyreported. Full structure was elucidated by performing single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Thecharacterization studies showed the participation of the carbamate moiety in the salt formation. Inaddition, the solubility studies showed a significant increase in solubility with respect to forms I andII of Albendazol