Dynamics and disorder: on the stability of pyrazinamide polymorphs

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This article focuses on the structure and relative stability of four pyrazinamide polymorphs. New single crystal X-ray diffraction data collected for all forms at 10 14;K and 122 14;K are presented. By combining periodic ab initio DFT calculations with normal-mode refinement against X-ray diffraction data, both enthalpic and entropic contributions to the free energy of all polymorphs are calculated. On the basis of the estimated free energies, the stability order of the polymorphs as a function of temperature and the corresponding solid state phase transition temperatures are anticipated. It can be concluded that the α and γ forms have higher vibrational entropy than that of the β and δ forms and therefore they are significantly more stabilized at higher temperatures. Due to the entropy which arises from the disorder in γ form, it overcomes form α and is the most stable form at temperatures above ∼500 14;K. Our findings are in qualitative agreement with the experimental calorimetry results.

Original languageEnglish
JournalActa Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials
Volume78
Pages (from-to)416-424
ISSN2052-5192
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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Funding Information:
The following funding is acknowledged: Lundbeckfonden (grant No. R324-2019-2018). AAH would like to acknowledge funding from Foundation for Polish Science, Homing/2016–1/3 grant, POIR.04.04.00-00-1DAE/16.

    Research areas

  • Enantiotropism, Normal-mode refinement, Periodic density functional theory, Polymorphism, Quantum crystallography

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