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Solid-vapor interactions: Influence of environmental conditions on the dehydration of carbamazepine dihydrate

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The goal of this research was a phenomenological study of the effect of environmental factors on the dehydration behavior of carbamazepine dihydrate. Dehydration experiments were performed in an automated vapor sorption apparatus under a variety of conditions, and weight loss was monitored as a function of time. In addition to lattice water, carbamazepine dihydrate contained a significant amount of physically bound water. Based on the kinetics of water loss, it was possible to differentiate between the removal of physically bound water and the lattice water. The activation energy for the 2 processes was 44 and 88 kJ/mol, respectively. As expected, the dehydration rate of carbamazepine dihydrate decreased with an increase in water vapor pressure. While dehydration at 0% relative humidity (RH) resulted in an amorphous anhydrate, the crystallinity of the anhydrate increased as a function of the RH of dehydration. A method was developed for in situ crystallinity determination of the anhydrate formed. Dehydration in the presence of the ethanol vapor was a 2-step process, and the fraction dehydrated at each step was a function of the ethanol vapor pressure. We hypothesize the formation of an intermediate lower hydrate phase with unknown water stoichiometry. An increase in the ethanol vapor pressure first led to a decrease in the dehydration rate followed by an increase. In summary, the dehydration behavior of carbamazepine dihydrate was evaluated at different vapor pressures of water and ethanol. Using the water sorption apparatus, it was possible to (1) differentiate between the removal of physically bound and lattice water, and (2) develop a method for quantifying, in situ, the crystallinity of the product (anhydrate) phase.

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  1. Rahul Surana

    Present address: 3M Pharmaceuticals, 3M Center, 55144, St Paul, MN

  2. Abira Pyne

    Present address: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, 35 Lansdowne Street, 02139, Cambridge, MA

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    Rahul Surana, Abira Pyne & Raj Suryanarayanan

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Surana, R., Pyne, A. & Suryanarayanan, R. Solid-vapor interactions: Influence of environmental conditions on the dehydration of carbamazepine dihydrate. AAPS PharmSciTech 4, 68 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1208/pt040468

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