Crystal structure resolution of two different chlorhexidine salts

Damiano Cattaneo; Laura J McCormick; David B Cordes; Alexandra M Z Slawin; Russell E Morris

doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.04.077

Crystal structure resolution of two different chlorhexidine salts

J Mol Struct. 2016 Oct 5:1121:70-73. doi: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.04.077.

Authors

Damiano Cattaneo¹, Laura J McCormick¹, David B Cordes¹, Alexandra M Z Slawin¹, Russell E Morris¹

Affiliation

¹ EaSTCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, KY16 9ST, UK.

Abstract

Two salts of the chlorhexidine di-cation (H₂CHx²⁺) - (H₂CHx)(SO₄)·3H₂O and (H₂CHx)(CO₃)·4H₂O - have been synthesised and characterised crystallographically.

Keywords: Chlorhexidine; Crystal structure; Hydrogen bonds.

Grants and funding

NH/11/8/29253/BHF_/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom