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Polymorphism and stability of norfloxacin, (1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinil)-3-quinolinocarboxylic acid

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Norfloxacin was studied by thermal methods (TG and DSC), X-ray powder diffraction, and by FT-IR, UV-VIS and NMR spectroscopy. The drug substance can be prepared in two different crystalline forms and in amorphous state, depending on the experimental conditions of preparation. DSC examinations were carried out at various heating rates and by cycling the samples in the temperature range 50°–250°C. The unstable crystalline form undergoes two irreversible solid-solid phase transitions at 176.5° and 197.6°C. The polymorph melts in the temperature range 218.5°–220.0°C.

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Norfloxacin wurde mittels thermischer Methoden (TG und DSC), weiterhin mittels der Debye-Scherrer-Methode und FTIR-, UV-VIS-und NMR-Spektroskopie untersucht. Je nach den experimentellen Bedingungen bei der Herstellung kann die Wirkstoffsubstanz in zwei verschiedenen kristallinen und in einer amorphen Form hergestellt werden. Die DSC-Untersuchungen wurden bei zahlreichen Aufheizgeschwindigkeiten und durch abwechselnden Temperaturwechsel zwischen Raum- und Schmelztemperatur durchgeführt. Die unstabile kristalline Form unterliegt zwei irreversiblen Feststoff-Feststoff-Umwandlungen bei 176.5° und bei 195.6°C. Das polymorphe Material schmilzt im Temperaturbereich 218.5°–220.0°C.

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Šuštar, B., Bukovec, N. & Bukovec, P. Polymorphism and stability of norfloxacin, (1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinil)-3-quinolinocarboxylic acid. Journal of Thermal Analysis 40, 475–481 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02546616

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