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American Chemical Society, Crystal Growth and Design, 7(10), p. 2948-2953, 2010

DOI: 10.1021/cg9014898

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Revisiting the Solid State of Norfloxacin

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Abstract

The crystal polymorphism of Norfloxacin and its hydrates has been revisited in order to update the knowledge about the solid state behavior of this active pharmaceutical ingredient. We have re-examined the crystal structure of anhydrous Form A and clarified some ambiguities previously published, confirming that one of the two previously reported anhydrous forms A is in fact a sesquihydrate form. Moreover, the structures of two new polymorphs of the sesquihydrate have been determined by means of single crystal X-ray diffraction, and their thermodynamical relative stability has been established.