https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60275-1
Regular Article
The topological pressure-temperature phase diagram of fluoxetine nitrate: monotropy unexpectedly turning into enantiotropy
1 LETIAM, EA7357, IUT Orsay, Université Paris Sud, rue Noetzlin, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
2 Caractérisation des Matériaux Moléculaires à Activité Thérapeutique (CAMMAT), Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France
a e-mail: rene.ceolin@orange.fr
Received: 16 September 2016
Published online: 18 April 2017
The phase behavior of pharmaceuticals is important for regulatory requirements and dosage form development. Racemic fluoxetine nitrate possesses two crystalline forms for which initial measurements indicated that they have a monotropic relationship with form I the only stable form. By constructing the topological pressure-temperature phase diagram, it has been shown that unexpectedly form II has a stable domain in the phase diagram and can be easily obtained by heating and grinding. The pressure necessary to obtain form II is only 11 MPa, which is much lower than most pressure used for tableting in the pharmaceutical industry.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2017
