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Abstract  

The local anesthetic drug tetracaine hydrochloride is described in the Europ. Pharmacopea with a melting point of 148°C or with a range of 134 to 147°C due to the melting points of two other forms. The polymorphic behaviour of tetracaine hydrochloride has been studied by using thermal treatments, storage at 92% r.h., crystallizations and equilibrations with saturated solutions. Samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, IR, thermal analysis and elemental analysis. Since some findings were difficult to interpret, temperature resolved X-ray diffraction was used additionally for the understanding of the thermal behaviour of tetracaine hydrochloride. In this study the polymorphic behaviour of some other local anesthetic drugs is compared. Ten different forms of tetracaine hydrochloride: six anhydrous crystalline forms, an amorphous form, a hemihydrate, a monohydrate and a tetrahydrate were identified. The relationships between all forms are given. The heating curve of the commercial form 1 is very dependent on the heating rate. This anhydrous form 1 is the thermodynamic stable modification at ambient temperature. The form 2 is reversibly enantiotrope to form 1. The four other modifications called 3, 4, 5 and 6 are monotropes of form 1. Only forms 1 and 5 are stable at ambient temperature. Form 1 is hygroscopic only at high humidity level of 92% r.h., form 5 is hygroscopic at 61% r.h. Both transform into the monohy-drate. No polymorphic forms of tetracaine base, dibucaine hydrochloride, procaine hydrochloride or prilocaine hydrochloride were found. The commercial form of bupivacaine hydrochloride is a monohydrate. Thermal treatment at 200°C gives one anhydrous form. As demonstrated by temperature resolved X-ray diffraction two other forms are detected by heating and cooling processes between 100 and 170°C. Equilibrations and crystallization experiments show that solvates are easily obtained in different solvents. Temperature resolved X-ray diffraction is a very efficient tool as a support to DSC for the identification of the transition processes and interpretation of thermal events and thermodynamic relationships. Equilibration experiments are very adequate to find out the thermodynamically stable form at ambient temperature (solvent mediated transitions).

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Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
Language English
Size A4
Year of
Foundation
1969
Volumes
per Year
1
Issues
per Year
24
Founder Akadémiai Kiadó
Founder's
Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
CH-6330 Cham, Switzerland Gewerbestrasse 11.
Responsible
Publisher
Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 1388-6150 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2926 (Online)

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