The design of new
pharmaceutical solids with improved physical
and chemical properties can be reached through in-detail knowledge
of the noncovalent intermolecular interactions between the molecules
in the context of crystal packing. Although crystallization from solutions
is well-known for obtaining new solids, the effect of some variables
on crystallization is not yet thoroughly understood. Among these variables,
solvents are noteworthy. In this context, the present study aimed
to investigate the effect of ethanol (EtOH), acetonitrile (MeCN),
and acetone (ACTN) on obtaining irbesartan (IBS) crystal forms with
2,3-dibromosuccinic acid. Crystal structures were solved by single-crystal
diffraction, and the intermolecular interactions were analyzed using
the Hirshfeld surfaces analysis. The characterization of physicochemical
properties was carried out by powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform
infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermal analysis, and solution-state
NMR techniques. Two different IBS salts were obtained, one from MeCN
and ACTN (compound
1
) and a different one from EtOH (compound
2
). The experimental results were in agreement with the findings
obtained through quantum mechanics continuum solvation models. Compound
1
crystallized as a monoclinic system
P
2
1
/
c
, whereas compound
2
in a
triclinic system
P
1̅. In both structures, a
net of strong hydrogen bonds is present, and their existence was confirmed
by the FT-IR results. In addition, the IBS cation acts as a H-bond
donor through the N1 and N6 nitrogen atoms which interact with the
bromide anion and the water molecule O1W in compound
1
. Meanwhile, N1 and N6 nitrogen atoms interact with the oxygen atoms
provided by two symmetry-related 2,3-dibromo succinate anions in compound
2
. Solution-state NMR data agreed with the protonation of
the imidazolone ring in the crystal structure of compound 1. Both
salts presented a different thermal behavior not only in melting temperature
but also in thermal stability.