De novo determination of the crystal structure of a large drug molecule by crystal structure prediction-based powder NMR crystallography

J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Nov 20;135(46):17501-7. doi: 10.1021/ja4088874. Epub 2013 Nov 11.

Abstract

The crystal structure of form 4 of the drug 4-[4-(2-adamantylcarbamoyl)-5-tert-butyl-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid is determined using a protocol for NMR powder crystallography at natural isotopic abundance combining solid-state (1)H NMR spectroscopy, crystal structure prediction, and density functional theory chemical shift calculations. This is the first example of NMR crystal structure determination for a molecular compound of previously unknown structure, and at 422 g/mol this is the largest compound to which this method has been applied so far.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Benzoates / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / chemistry*
  • Pyrazoles / chemistry*

Substances

  • 4-(4-(2-adamantylcarbamoyl)-5-tert-butyl-pyrazol-1-yl)benzoic acid
  • Benzoates
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Pyrazoles