Quantifying Disproportionation in Pharmaceutical Formulations with Cl

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David A. Hirsh, Yongchao Su, Haichen Nie, Wei Xu, Dirk Stueber, Narayan Variankaval, and Robert W. Schurko Mol. Pharmaceutics, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00470 • Publication Date (Web): 17 Jul 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on July 18, 2018

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Molecular Pharmaceutics

Quantifying Disproportionation in Pharmaceutical Formulations with 35Cl Solid-State NMR David A. Hirsh,1 Yongchao Su,2 Haichen Nie,2 Wei Xu,2 Dirk Stueber,2 Narayan Variankaval,2 and Robert W. Schurko1,*

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Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON,

N9B 3P4, Canada 2

Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, 07033, United

States * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: R.W.S. Phone: 519-253-3000 x3548 E-mail: [email protected]

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Abstract Reliable methods for the characterization of drug substances are critical for evaluating their stability and bioavailability, especially in dosage formulations under varying storage conditions and usage. Such methods must provide information on the molecular identities and structures of drug substances and any potential by-products of the formulation process, as well as providing a means of quantifying the relative amounts of these substances. For example, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are often formulated as ionic salts to improve the pharmaceutical properties of dosage forms; however, exposure of such formulations to elevated temperature and/or humidity can trigger the conversion of an ionic salt of an API to a neutral form with different properties, through a process known as disproportionation. It is particularly challenging to identify changes of pharmaceutical components in solid dosage formulations, which are complex heterogeneous mixtures of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and excipient components (e.g., binders, disintegrants, and lubricants). In this study, we illustrate that ultra-wideline (UW)

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Cl solid-state NMR (SSNMR) can be used to characterize the

disproportionation reaction of pioglitazone HCl (PiogHCl) in mixtures with metallic stearate excipients.

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Cl SSNMR can quantitatively detect the amount of PiogHCl in mixed samples

within ±1 wt-% and measure the degree of PiogHCl disproportionation in formulation samples stressed at high relative humidity and temperature. Unlike other methods used for characterizing disproportionation, our experiments directly probe the Cl− anions in both the intact salt and disproportionation products, revealing all of the chlorine-containing products in the solid-state chemical reaction without interfering signals from the formulation excipients. Keywords:

quantification,

solid-state

NMR,

dosage

formulations,

processing-induced phase transitions, chlorine-35, hydrochloride salts

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disproportionation,

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1. Introduction Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in dosage formulations are typically manufactured as salts, in which a weakly basic or acidic form of the API is charge balanced by a counterion. Salts are advantageous because they typically have high bioavailability and aqueous solubility, properties that are desirable for formulations.1–4 However, a pharmaceutical product containing an API salt can be problematic. For example, under certain circumstances, an API salt can undergo a proton exchange process and convert to a neutral form, which often has distinct physicochemical properties, including chemical and physical stability, processability and dissolution profile. This process is known as disproportionation.5–10 Many factors have been shown to influence the extent and rate of salt disproportionation in drug products, including the: (i) storage conditions, (ii) physicochemical properties of the API salt (e.g., pKa or intrinsic solubility), and (iii) properties of excipients (e.g., acidity or presence of a proton accepting group).5–14 In particular, disproportionation is known to be solution-mediated in many cases, and even small amounts of moisture can initiate the reaction (e.g., adsorption from the atmosphere).4 Exposure to moisture can occur during the formulation development, manufacturing, storage, and shipping processes, which makes disproportionation a major concern for the quality and viability of the final drug product. Therefore, the development and application of methods for identifying and quantifying the by-products of disproportionation, along with mechanistic studies of these reactions, are critical in the pharmaceutical sciences. Several methods have been applied successfully to quantitatively detect disproportionation in model formulations, including near infrared (NIR) and Raman spectroscopies, as well as X-ray and synchrotron diffraction methods.5,10,15–17 However, these techniques may not be applicable to all formulations; for instance, signal overlap from the

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formulation components can complicate the identification and quantification of signals from the API salt or disproportionation by-products. Diffraction techniques rely on long-range order, which may not be useful in samples where the free base or salt are amorphous, or in cases where interfering signals from the excipient matrix obscure those from the API.18 Therefore, alternative methods of detecting disproportionation are desirable. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectroscopy is a useful method for characterizing drugs in bulk and dosage formulations.19–22 One of its primary advantages is an ability to detect signals from crystalline, amorphous, and even aqueous phases, which is important for studying solvent-mediated processes like disproportionation. SSNMR is also inherently quantitative, since the amount of signal is directly proportional to the number of NMR-active nuclei in the sample. Unlike some other quantification methods, quantitative NMR (qNMR) experiments do not generally require extensive instrument calibration or elaborate sample preparation,23–27 though some optimization of experimental conditions is often necessary (vide infra). Quantitative SSNMR studies have been used previously to measure relative amounts of crystalline or amorphous pharmaceutical components,28–32 and mixtures of crystalline pharmaceutical phases (e.g., different solid API forms);26,33–38 however, despite the potential advantages, there are relatively few examples of the use of SSNMR to study disproportionation.10,39,40 35

Cl SSNMR is a powerful technique for identifying and quantifying chlorine-containing

drug substances, and well-suited for the study of disproportionation in dosage formulations containing HCl salts. Such experiments directly probe the Cl− anions, a key structural component that is not probed by other methods, in order to detect local structural differences resulting from the disproportionation process in either bulk or dosage formulations. Furthermore, 35Cl SSNMR

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spectra of Cl− ions in dosage formulations are not influenced by the excipients, which rarely contain Cl– anions. Some formulation components that may contain covalently bound Cl atoms (e.g., C-Cl bonds) do not result in powder patterns that interfere with the relatively narrow and well-defined patterns of the Cl− anions.18 Chlorine-35 is a quadrupolar nucleus (I = 3/2), and its SSNMR spectra are affected by a combination of anisotropic quadrupolar and chemical shift interactions.41,42 The former has been shown to be particularly sensitive to the hydrogen-bonding environment of the Cl− anion,18,43–47 yielding a unique spectral fingerprint in each case. Primarily due to the magnitude of the quadrupolar interaction, central transition (CT, mI = +1/2 ↔ −1/2) 35

Cl SSNMR spectra typically have broad powder patterns on the order of hundreds of kHz or

larger, so-called ultra-wideline (UW) spectra;48 the breadths of these patterns necessitate the use of specialized pulse sequences that afford uniform excitation and increased S/N.49–51 The CarrPurcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) sequence52,53 is commonly used for the acquisition of spectra featuring inhomogeneously broadened patterns; signal enhancement is achieved by repeated refocusing and detection of the spin polarization for as long as the transverse relaxation (T2) permits (vide infra).54,55 Broadband excitation of UW patterns can be achieved using wideband uniform-rate smooth truncation (WURST) pulses,56,57 which employ phase- and amplitudemodulated shapes to create an effective frequency-sweep of the transmitter across the pattern. WURST pulses can be utilized in the framework of a CPMG-type pulse sequence known as WURST-CPMG, for the combined benefits of signal enhancement and uniform excitation.58,59 Quantification using SSNMR can be complicated by several factors, including: temperature, sample filling factor and positioning, and the presence of spectral artifacts. These concerns, and methods to reduce their impact, have been discussed previously.25,30,34,60 The intensities of peaks or patterns arising from magnetically distinct sites, regardless of whether

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they are in the same molecule, same sample, or a mixture of constituents, can be influenced by distinct relaxation rates and mechanisms, which can further complicate quantification. In order to circumvent this problem, it is often necessary to calibrate experimental conditions and peak intensities against known standards.25,27 There are a number of concerns associated with quantitative comparison of powder patterns acquired with UW NMR methods, most of which are unexplored to date. First, the observed signal intensities in spectra acquired using CPMG methods are strongly related to T2 relaxation. The primary influence on T2(35Cl) relaxation in HCl APIs is the 1H-35Cl heteronuclear dipolar coupling mechanism; in most cases, the intensity of the 35Cl NMR signal can be improved dramatically with the use of high-power 1H decoupling (producing an effective T2(35Cl), called T2eff, where T2eff > T2). However, decoupling efficiency (and the resulting T2eff) can vary for different chlorine sites in a sample. A second concern relates to quantifying signals from quadrupolar nuclei (I > ½) due to differences in their nutation behaviour, which depend on the magnitude of the quadrupolar interactions for each nuclear environment.61,62 This problem can be avoided with the use of CT selective pulses (i.e., τselective = τnonselective×(I + 1/2)−1 ) or pulses with low-RF powers.63,64 Fortunately, nutation rates are not a concern when WURST pulses are utilized, since they typically employ low RF powers (vide infra).65 Despite these additional considerations, useful quantitative information can be obtained from UW NMR spectra by comparing the integrated signal intensity from a sample in a mixture to that of an external reference (e.g., the pure material). Similar techniques have been used in 1H13

C CP/MAS NMR studies, where a variety of relaxation rates and processes can complicate

quantification.26,30 Therefore, comparison of a 35Cl SSNMR spectrum of a sample in which disproportionation has occurred to that of the pure salt can be used to measure the amount of

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disproportionation (i.e., %-conversion of the salt) and detect Cl-containing by-products. Recently, the HCl salt form of pioglitazone (PiogHCl), a thiazolidinedione used for treating type-II diabetes, has been a popular test case for various proof-of-concept methods to detect disproportionation.10,15,16,66,67 PiogHCl is known to disproportionate in mixtures with salt stearates such as magnesium stearate (MgSt) and sodium stearate (NaSt), according to the proposed reaction scheme shown in Scheme 1.8,10,15 Such stearates are common lubricants in a variety of formulations, and are typically present in small quantities (e.g., 2-3 wt-% of the final dosage form). Herein, we describe the use of 35Cl SSNMR to quantify an HCl salt of pioglitazone and study disproportionation reactions in formulations containing stearate salts. Qualitatively, comparisons of 35Cl NMR spectra of the sample mixtures before and after treatment at high temperature and relative humidity (RH) can reveal the identity of disproportionation products involving the Cl− anions, which are not adequately characterized using other methods. We propose a simple quantitative method for measuring the amount of HCl salt in a dosage formulation, and demonstrate its utility by measuring the amount of disproportionation in stressed PiogHCl samples containing different stearate salts. 2. Methods 2.1. Chemicals The salt and free-base forms of pioglitazone (PiogHCl and PiogFB, respectively) were ordered from Tokyo Chemical Industry (TCI) Co, Ltd. (Portland, OR). Magnesium stearate (MgSt) was purchased from Mallinckrodt (St. Louis, MO). Sodium stearate (NaSt) was provided by Acme-Hardesty Co. (Blue Bell, PA). Chemical structures of the materials used in this study

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are shown in Figure S1. Samples were stored at 5 °C with desiccant to avoid water intake and degradation while not in use. 2.2. Sample Preparation Quantification standards were prepared by mixing various amounts of PiogHCl with the free base form to produce samples ranging from 3% to 100% HCl salt (wt/wt). These samples are referred to in the text using the wt-% PiogHCl present in the sample (e.g., PiogHCl 3%, PiogHCl 100%). Sample mixtures of PiogHCl with MgSt or NaSt were prepared with 90% API wt/wt. As discussed previously,66 this weight ratio is representative of a typical tablet formulation. Samples were weighed and prepared under inert atmosphere to minimize unintended water uptake. The sample codes and masses are listed in Table 1. Samples to be used as controls (i.e., API/stearate mixtures not exposed to high temperature or humidity, NaSt_C and MgSt_C) and the quantification standards were mixed for 5 minutes with a vortex mixer before the samples were packed. Stressed samples (NaSt_X and MgSt_X, respectively) were prepared using binary mixtures of PiogHCl and MgSt or NaSt placed into petri dishes, which were subjected to 40°C/75% RH in a stability chamber for 5 days in an open dish condition. Prior work on similar materials has demonstrated that the binary mixtures can be highly hygroscopic.68 As such, two rehydrated samples (NaSt_XH, and MgSt_XH, respectively), were prepared by placing approximately 300 mg of the NaSt_X or MgSt_X samples in a 75% RH environment at 22 °C for 4 hours. Preliminary 1H and 35Cl NMR experiments (as well as previous work on this sample)68 demonstrated that NaSt_X did not absorb significant amounts of H2O upon rehydration; therefore, the NaSt_XH sample was not examined further. All samples were ground with a mortar and pestle before being packed and weighed under an inert atmosphere. For magic-angle spinning (MAS) experiments, samples were packed

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into 4 mm o.d. zirconia rotors sealed with air-tight Teflon® screws. For experiments conducted under static sample conditions, samples were packed into glass tubes with one open end, which was then sealed using Teflon® tape and vacuum grease. 2.3. Solid-State NMR (SSNMR) Experiments All solid-state NMR (SSNMR) experiments were conducted on a Bruker Avance III HD console with an Oxford B0 = 9.4 T wide-bore magnet (ν0(1H) = 399.73 MHz, ν0(13C) = 100.53 MHz, ν0(23Na) = 105.74 MHz, ν0(35Cl) = 39.16 MHz). 1H and 35Cl experiments used a Varian/Chemagnetics 5mm HX static probe with a horizontal coil alignment. All other experiments used a Varian/Chemagnetics 4 mm HX MAS probe. 35

Cl chemical shifts were referenced with respect to NaCl(s) (δiso = 0.0 ppm). 1H and 13C

chemical shifts were referenced to tetramethylsilane (TMS, δiso = 0.0 ppm) using adamantane (δiso = 1.85 and 38.57 ppm, respectively) as a secondary reference. 23Na chemical shifts were referenced with respect to a 1.0 M NaCl(aq) solution (δiso = 0.0 ppm). A full list of experimental parameters used for the SSNMR experiments is given in the Supporting Information (Tables S1-S4). 35Cl{1H} spectra were acquired using the WURSTCPMG sequence.58,59 1H and 23Na{1H} direct-excitation MAS experiments were conducted using a rotor-synchronized Hahn echo pulse sequence of the form (π/2)x − τ1 − (π)y − τ2 − acq. 1H-13C cross-polarization (CP) experiments used a ramped-amplitude spin lock pulse on the 1H channel.69–71 High power 1H decoupling was applied in all 35Cl, 23Na, and 13C experiments, using either continuous wave (for 35Cl) or swept field two-pulse phase-modulation (sw-TPPM)72,73 (for 23

Na and 13C) decoupling sequences. All experiments were conducted at 20 °C with temperature

control provided by a Varian VT stack and Bruker BCU II 80/60 chiller.

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2.4. Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD) Experiments PXRD patterns for all of the samples were collected using a Bruker DISCOVER X-ray diffractometer with a Cu-Kα (λ = 1.54056 Å) radiation source and Bruker AXS HI-STAR area detector. Samples were packed into 0.9 mm o.d. glass capillary tubes and analyzed for 30 minutes with the detector centered at 2θ = 18º. Diffraction patterns were processed using the CrystalDiffract software package. 3. Results and Discussion 3.1. Pioglitazone HCl The 35Cl{1H} WURST-CPMG NMR spectrum of pioglitazone HCl (PiogHCl) acquired under static sample conditions is shown in Figure 1. The spectrum has a powder pattern spanning roughly 150 kHz with a shape typical of the second-order quadrupolar interaction. This pattern can be simulated with NMR tensor parameters as follows: δiso = 100(20) ppm, CQ = 4.8(1) MHz, and ηQ = 0.63(5). The shape of the pattern, and associated tensor parameters, are unique to the Cl− environment in PiogHCl, and therefore serve as a spectral fingerprint of the API.18,43,44 The data can be processed by either performing a Fourier transform (FT) of the echo train itself (producing a spectrum with a series of spikelets), or by coadding the echoes to form a single echo before the FT (producing a spectrum with a continuous line that traces the edge of the powder pattern, so-called echo coaddition).74 As seen in Figure 1, both processing methods yield patterns with the same shape. 3.2. PiogHCl:NaSt mixture 3.2.1.

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Cl NMR Spectra

The 35Cl{1H} WURST-CPMG NMR spectra of the NaSt-containing samples are shown in Figure 2. The spectrum of the control mixture (NaSt_C, Figure 2a) has the same shape as the 10


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spectrum of pure PiogHCl, indicating that the physical mixing does not change the local structure of the Cl− ion. The spectrum of the stressed sample, NaSt_X (i.e., stored at 40 °C/75% RH for 5 days), has the same breadth and all of the discontinuities present in the spectrum of pure PiogHCl; however, this spectrum also has a distinct feature that results from the disproportionation reaction: a sharp peak at roughly 0 ppm (Figure 2b, see Figure S2 for a deconvolution). As shown in the deconvolution, the pattern arising from pure PiogHCl accounts for most of the integrated intensity, indicating that most of the PiogHCl does not disproportionate when the sample is stressed at elevated temperature and humidity (N.B., no quantitative assessment is made at this point, vide infra). The signal from disproportionation products can be isolated by examining the difference between the spectra, i.e., by subtracting the spectrum of the control sample from that of the stressed sample, as shown in Figure 2c. This signal is largely negative, because the amount of PiogHCl decreases in the disproportionation process. Decreasing the scale of the spectrum of NaSt_C to account for the decreased amount of PiogHCl before taking the difference produces a spectrum with entirely positive signal corresponding to the disproportionation product (Figure 2d). The result is a sharp feature, which indicates a site with a small quadrupolar interaction, such as an ionic chloride in an environment of high spherical (Platonic) symmetry.45,75,76 The narrow breadth of this pattern and its shift (0 ppm) are consistent with NaCl(s), which has previously been proposed as a by-product of the disproportionation reaction.10,66 No other peaks are observed in the 35Cl NMR spectrum, which suggests that the Cl– ions that separate from the API salt exclusively react with Na+ ions in the stearate to form NaCl, which is also confirmed by 23Na NMR and PXRD, vide infra. The magnitudes of the quadrupolar coupling constants, CQ, (and concomitantly their quadrupolar frequencies, νQ = CQ/[4I(2I – 1)2π]) are very different for Cl– ions in the API salt

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and the disproportionation product (νQ(35Cl)API salt >> νQ(35Cl)disp), giving distinct 35Cl nutation behaviour for the CT patterns corresponding to each environment.61,62 Such differences in nutation frequencies can be exploited by choosing an appropriate pulse sequence and applied rf amplitude, ν1. For example, using a Hahn echo sequence with non-selective excitation pulses (i.e., where νQ(35Cl)disp 0.999); using either measure of spikelet intensity, the measured salt contents are within ±1 wt-% of the expected value. The root mean square deviation (RMSD) and standard deviations (σ) of the measurements (Table 2) are larger when using ISI (primarily at low wt-% PiogHCl), due to low S/N of these spectra. Thus, MSI seems to be preferable for quantification of these patterns (especially for low salt contents), and is the method we used for all further quantification experiments (vide infra). 3.5. Quantification of Disproportionation Given the success of our procedure for quantifying PiogHCl in standard samples using 35

Cl SSNMR, we applied the same method to measure the amount of PiogHCl in the stearate-

containing sample mixtures. In order to avoid interfering signal from the disproportionation products, we analyzed spikelets between −40 and −65 kHz, which are outside of the range of signals from NaCl or MgCl2 (see the difference spectra, Figures 2c and 4d, respectively). The amounts of PiogHCl measured are listed in Table 3. As discussed above, the Cl− anions involved in disproportionation react with the cation of the stearate to produce either NaCl or MgCl2 (and its hydrates); the limiting reagent in the disproportionation reaction appears to be the stearate. With a 9:1 wt/wt ratio of API to stearate, the maximum stoichiometric limits of PiogHCl conversion are 14.77% and 14.25% in mixtures with MgSt and NaSt, respectively. The former value is within 0.5 %-conversion of what we have determined using 35Cl SSNMR, supporting our measured value. MgSt seems to cause a substantially larger loss of PiogHCl than NaSt (vide infra), in agreement with the previous observations.10,66 Interestingly, the values measured previously with other techniques10,16,66 range between 20-30 %-conversion for the MgSt mixture, which may indicate the presence of Cl− ions that are not bound to stearate cations (e.g., hexaaqua-coordinated Cl− species or evolution of HCl gas79–81), but we have not observed

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these species in our work. We note that 35Cl SSNMR can directly quantify the loss of the API HCl salt, providing an accurate measure of disproportionation; while the production of NaCl, MgCl2, and other by-products can also be quantified, this may not provide a precise measure of disproportionation. The amount of disproportionation measured in the NaSt-containing sample, 7(2) %-conversion, is roughly half what is predicted based on the stoichiometry of the mixture, indicating a partial conversion of the stearate. This result is supported by the 23Na NMR data (Figure 3b), which reveal that some of the NaSt remains in the NaSt_X sample after it has been stressed (i.e., some of the NaSt does not react with the API). As was previously noted,66 the decreased %-conversion of NaSt_X relative to MgSt_X is counterintuitive; NaSt has a higher surface area, alkalinity, and stronger hygroscopicity than MgSt, all of which are factors that are thought to increase disproportionation. However, as verified in the current work, the disproportionation in MgSt_X produces MgCl2, whose strong hygroscopicity is a driving force for the reaction. Such conclusions require further study, for which NMR should be helpful, given its ability to study both solid and solution products of disproportionation. 4. Conclusions In this work, we demonstrate the use of 35Cl SSNMR for qualitative and quantitative assessment of the disproportionation reaction of PiogHCl in model formulations with metallic stearates. Our SSNMR spectra provide conclusive proof of the reactions between the chloride anions in the API salt and the metal cations in the stearates to produce solid salts (i.e., NaCl or MgCl2; no hexaaqua-coordinated Cl− species are observed). With judicious choice of pulse sequences, we can selectively excite signal from the disproportionation products, and filter signal from the intact API salt. Such spectra provide rapid detection of disproportionation (i) with a

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much greater efficiency than 13C NMR and (ii) without interfering signal from excipient molecules; therefore, the acquisition of such spectra holds much promise for the high-throughput screening of formulations. We also present a novel method for quantification of ultra-wideline (UW) NMR spectra. We have illustrated how, with careful sample preparation and experimental setup, 35Cl SSNMR experiments can be used to accurately determine the amount of PiogHCl present in standardized binary mixtures containing the free base form (within 1 wt-% of the expected value, and at concentrations as low as 3 wt-%). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of quantification using UW NMR spectra of any nucleus. This method has been used to quantitatively measure disproportionation in PiogHCl mixtures with metal stearates. By using spikelet spectra obtained from a Fourier transform of the entire CPMG echo train, our method can be used to selectively quantify peaks from the API salt without interference from the disproportionation products. Our results suggest that sample mixtures with NaSt and MgSt that have been stressed at 75% RH and 40 °C for 5 days produce disproportionation (%-conversion of PiogHCl) of roughly 7(2)% and 15(2)%, respectively. Quantification of API phase conversions in pharmaceutical development is critical to understand the risk of physical instability. Our results will aid in the mechanistic understanding of disproportionation, facilitating the risk assessment of API stabilities in the development of salt-containing pharmaceutical dosage formulations. Furthermore, with the novel approach for quantification of UW NMR spectra, we hope to encourage the use of quadrupolar nuclei and UW spectra in quantification studies of pharmaceuticals, as well as the wide variety of other important materials containing such nuclei.

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Acknowledgements R.W.S thanks the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for funding this research (NSERC in the form of a Discovery Grant). R.W.S. is also grateful for a 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Chair from the University of Windsor. We are also grateful for the funding of the Laboratories for Solid-State Characterization at the University of Windsor from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, the Ontario Innovation Trust, and the University of Windsor. The authors would like to thank Dr. John Christopher (MRLs, Merck) for fruitful scientific discussions.

Supporting Information The following additional information is detailed in the supporting information: additional experimental parameters for NMR experiments, SSNMR spectra, PXRD data, and detailed analysis of the processing of the 35Cl SSNMR spectra used for quantification.

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Table 1. Sample masses used to prepare mixed samples for quantification with 35Cl SSNMR. Amount of compound added [/mg]b

PiogHCl 100% PiogHCl 90% PiogHCl 60% PiogHCl 30% PiogHCl 10% PiogHCl 5% PiogHCl 3%

100% 90.0% 60.3% 29.9% 10.1% 5.2% 3.0%

300.0 271.1 181.8 90.1 30.2 15.7 8.9

– 30.1 119.9 210.8 270 284.9 291.3

– – – – – – –

– – – – – – –

Packed Sample Weight [/mg]b,c 137.2 139.6 151.2 146.0 145.8 150.8 143.5

MgSt_C MgSt_X (Stressed at 40 °C, 75% RH) MgSt_XH (rehydrated for 4 hours at 75% RH)d

90.1%

273.0

–

30

–

191.2

90.0%

270.0

–

30.0

–

136.3

90.0%

270.0

–

30.0

–

148.8

90.1%

272.0

–

–

30.0

146.0

90.0%

270.0

–

–

30.0

132.6

Sample Name

NaSt_C NaSt_X (Stressed at 40 °C, 75% RH)

Wt-% Salta

PiogHCl PiogFB MgSt

NaSt

Wt-% PiogHCl salt calculated from the masses of the materials in the sample mixture. bAll reported masses are accurate to within 0.1 mg. cMass of the packed sample used for 35Cl SSNMR experiments. dThe MgSt_XH sample was prepared by placing 300 mg of the MgSt_X sample in a 75% RH humidity chamber for 4 hours immediately before packing the sample. a

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Table 2. Experimental and calculated amounts of PiogHCl in the standard samples. Wt-% Measurement a methodb PiogHCl

Sample

Measured wt-% PiogHClc

Standard RMSD deviation, σ [/wt-%]d [/wt-%]e

PiogHCl 90%

90.0%

MSI ISI

90.4% 90.2%

1.81% 1.95%

1.81% 1.98%

PiogHCl 60%

60.3%

MSI ISI

59.4% 59.4%

2.42% 2.80%

2.06% 2.71%

PiogHCl 30%

29.9%

MSI ISI

30.0% 30.0%

3.15% 3.98%

3.22% 4.05%

PiogHCl 10%

10.1%

MSI ISI

11.0% 11.4%

1.34% 2.51%

0.95% 2.14%

PiogHCl 5%

5.2%

MSI ISI

5.8% 5.8%

0.81% 4.25%

0.50% 0.52%

PiogHCl 3%

3.0%

MSI ISI

3.9% 3.9%

1.15% 6.22%

1.74% 1.13%

Calculated from the masses of PiogHCl and PiogFB used in the sample mixture, see Table 1. Denotes the method used to measure spikelet intensity, either: (i) maximum spikelet intensity (MSI) or integrated spikelet intensity (ISI). cMeasured values from 35Cl SSNMR experiments, reported as the average value obtained from spikelets between 39 kHz and −84 kHz, see text for details. dRoot mean square deviation, calculated using the formula: where N = number of spikelets, xˆ = the wt-% PiogHCl measured by 2 1 N RMSD = ∑ xˆ − x i sample mass, and xi = the measured wt-% PiogHCl of spikelet i. N i =1

a

b

(

)

Standard deviation, σ, calculated using the formula: where N = number of spikelets, x = the average measured wt-% N 2 1 σ= x − x PiogHCl, and xi = the measured wt-% PiogHCl of spikelet i. ∑ N −1 i =1 i

e

(

) (

)


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Table 3. Experimental and calculated amounts of PiogHCl in the stearate mixture samples. Measured Theoretical Measured % Conversion % Conversion of Sample wt-% PiogHCl of PiogHCl PiogHCl [/%]a b [/%] [/%]c NaSt_C NaSt_X

93(2) 84(2)

– 7(2)

– 14.25

MgSt_C MgSt_X

92(3) 77(2)

– 15(2)

– 14.77

Measured values from 35Cl SSNMR experiments, reported as the average value obtained from spikelets between −40 and −65 kHz with the standard deviation listed in parentheses, see text for details. bCalculated using the formula: amount of PiogHCl consumed 90%−measured wt-% PiogHCl % conversion = = amount of PiogHCl supplied 90%

a

(

)

Conversion of PiogHCl that would occur if all of the stearate cations reacted stoichiometrically with Cl− anions from the salt. c

a) 2 PiogHCl + (R-COO–)2Mg2+ Pioglitazone HCl

b)

Magnesium stearate (MgSt)

PiogHCl + (R-COO–)Na+

Pioglitazone HCl

75% RH, 40 °C

2 Piog + 2 (R-COOH) + MgCl2 Pioglitazone Free base

75% RH, 40 °C

Sodium stearate (NaSt)

Stearic acid

Magnesium chloride

Piog + (R-COOH) + NaCl

Pioglitazone Free base

Stearic acid

Sodium chloride

Scheme 1. Proposed disproportion reactions of PiogHCl with a) MgSt and b) NaSt.



c) Simulated spectrum

b) Experimental spectrum (coadded echo train) a) Experimental spectrum (FT echo train) 200 6000

100 4000

0

–100

2000 0 –2000 35 Cl Chemical Shift

–200 [kHz] –4000

[ppm]

Figure 1. Experimental 35Cl{1H} WURST-CPMG NMR spectra of pure PiogHCl under static sample conditions, a) and b), and the corresponding analytical simulation, c). Experimental data were processed by a) applying a Fourier transform (FT) to the entire echo train (blue), or b) coadding the echoes before performing a FT (red), see details in the text.

d) Difference: b – (0.7912)a

×2.6346

c) Difference: b – a

×1.5665

b) NaSt_X a) NaSt_C 200 6000

100 4000

0

–100


–200 [kHz] –4000

[ppm]

Figure 2. 35Cl{1H} WURST-CPMG NMR spectra of PiogHCl samples mixed with NaSt (9:1 wt/wt), a) is the spectrum of the control sample (NaSt_C), and b) is the spectrum of the sample stressed at 40 °C/75% RH for 5 days (NaSt_X). The difference between the spectra (control – stressed) is shown in c) and d). When calculating the latter, the intensity of the spectrum of the control (a) was decreased to produce only positive signal (see text for details).


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c) NaSt

×0.10

×7

b) NaSt_X

0

−5 −10 −15 −20

a) NaSt_C 30

20

10 0 −10 −20 Na Chemical Shift (ppm)

23

−30

Figure 3. 23Na{1H} MAS (νrot = 12 kHz) NMR spectra of a) NaSt_C, b) NaSt_X, and c) pure NaSt. The inset shows the NaSt region of the spectrum of NaSt_X with increased intensity.

e) Difference: b – (0.6139)a

×2.3784

d) Difference: b – a

×1.4348

c) MgSt_XH (rehydrated) b) MgSt_X a) MgSt_C 200 6000

100 4000

0

–100


–200 [kHz] –4000

[ppm]

Figure 4. 35Cl{1H} WURST-CPMG NMR spectra of PiogHCl samples mixed with MgSt (9:1 wt/wt), a) the control sample (MgSt_C), b) the sample stressed at 40 °C/75% RH for 5 days (MgSt_X), and c) the stressed sample immediately after being rehydrated at 20 °C/75% RH for 4 hours (MgSt_XH). The difference between the spectra (control – stressed) is shown in d) and e). When calculating the latter, the intensity of the spectrum of the control (a) was decreased to produce only positive signal.



100% PiogHCl

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90% PiogHCl

60% PiogHCl

30% PiogHCl

10% PiogHCl 5% PiogHCl

50 1000

0

−50 [kHz]

0

−1000 [ppm]

50 1000

0 0

−50 [kHz] 50 −1000 [ppm]

1000

0

−50 [kHz]

0

−1000 [ppm]

50 1000 35

0 0

−50 [kHz] 50 −1000 [ppm]

1000

0

−50 [kHz]

0

−1000 [ppm]

50 1000

0

−50 [kHz]

0

−1000 [ppm]

3% PiogHCl

50 1000

0

−50 [kHz]

0

−1000 [ppm]

Cl Chemical Shift

Figure 5. 35Cl{1H} WURST-CPMG NMR spectra of the PiogHCl/PiogFB mixtures. The data are shown after processing by either (i) applying a FT to the entire echo train (“spikelet spectrum”) or (ii) combining the echoes together before performing the FT (“echo co-addition”).


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Sample Packing Center sample in NMR coil FT

Ultra-wideline (UW) 35 Cl solid-state NMR data acquisition

Frequency

Time

Spikelet selection

Maximum spikelet intensity (MSI)

or

Integrated spikelet intensity (ISI)

MSI

ISI

Scale data based on sample mass

Normalize to reference sample

Figure 6. Flow chart detailing the quantification protocol used to analyze APIs with UW 35Cl SSNMR spectra.



a) Maximum Spikelet Intensity (MSI)

b) Integrated Spikelet Intensity (ISI)

80%

100% Experimental Ideal

60% 40% R2 = 0.9998

20% 0%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

wt-% PiogHCl from SSNMR

100% wt-% PiogHCl from SSNMR

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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100%

80%

Experimental Ideal

60% 40% R2 = 0.9997

20% 0%

0%

wt-% PiogHCl from Sample Mass

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

wt-% PiogHCl from Sample Mass

Figure 7. Plots of PiogHCl wt-% measured experimentally using 35Cl SSNMR (y-axis) and the wt-% determined from the salt : free base mass ratio of the sample (x-axis). Data were obtained from spikelets in the spectra by measuring a) the peak intensity or b) the integrated intensity of each spikelet. The plotted values are the average measurement obtained from the spikelets in a given spectrum between 39 and − 84 kHz, and the error bars represent the root mean square deviation (RMSD). Standard deviations, σ, in the measured values (not shown) are smaller than the point markers. (See Table 2 for definitions of these two statistical values).


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