Baloxavir Marboxil Shows Anomalous Conversion of Crystal Forms from Stable to Metastable through Formation of Specific Solvate Form.

Baloxavir marboxil is a novel cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor of influenza. This study aimed to identify its polymorphs and their relationship with crystal engineering. Polymorph screening by evaporation gave forms I-III and solvate forms IV and V. Heating enabled the conversion of form III to form II, but did not enable that of forms I and II. The solvent-mediated transformation of the forms I-III by magnetic stirring in various solvents resulted in the formation of form I. These results indicate that form I is the stable form. However, all crystal forms transformed to form II after magnetic stirring in a 50% acetonitrile aqueous solution, which was not obtained from water or acetonitrile. The suspension in a 50% acetonitrile aqueous solution exhibited a novel X-ray diffraction pattern as shown in form VI. The measurement of the suspension by solid-state 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance revealed that the spectra of forms II and VI were similar. From these results, we conclude that the drug forms a solvate with both water and acetonitrile and spontaneously transforms to form II upon rapid desolvation under ambient conditions. This study elucidates the mechanism of unexpected convergence to a metastable form in a specific solvent and contributes to the crystal engineering of baloxavir marboxil. Copyright © 2022 American Pharmacists Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Hiroshi Ueda, Hiromi Osaki, Tetsuya Miyano. Baloxavir Marboxil Shows Anomalous Conversion of Crystal Forms from Stable to Metastable through Formation of Specific Solvate Form. Journal of pharmaceutical sciences. 2023 Jan;112(1):158-165

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