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Title: The Third Ambient Aspirin Polymorph

Journal Article · · Crystal Growth and Design
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [5]
  1. New York Univ., New York City, NY (United States)
  2. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
  3. Goethe Univ., Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  5. New York Univ., New York City, NY (United States); Waseda Univ., Tokyo (Japan)

Polymorphism in aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), one of the most widely consumed medications, was equivocal until the structure of a second polymorph II, similar in structure to the original form I, was reported in 2005. Here, the third ambient polymorph of aspirin is described. Lastly, it was crystallized from the melt and its structure was determined using a combination of X-ray powder diffraction analysis and crystal structure prediction algorithms.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22), Scientific User Facilities Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1373897
Journal Information:
Crystal Growth and Design, Vol. 17, Issue 6; ISSN 1528-7483
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 59 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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Evolutionary niching in the GAtor genetic algorithm for molecular crystal structure prediction journal January 2018
Control and prediction of the organic solid state: a challenge to theory and experiment journal September 2018
Structure prediction drives materials discovery journal April 2019
Probing stress induced phase transformation in aspirin polymorphs using Raman spectroscopy enabled nanoindentation journal January 2019
Confinement-induced polymorphism in acetylsalicylic acid–nanoporous glass composites journal August 2018
ROY revisited, again: the eighth solved structure journal January 2018
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