Study of the pseudo-crystalline transformation from form i to form II of thiamine hydrochloride (vitamin B(1))

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2011;59(1):57-62. doi: 10.1248/cpb.59.57.

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the rate of the pseudo-crystalline transformation of thiamine hydrochloride form I to form II depending on the temperature and humidity. Changes in the appearance and weight of form I crystals were observed under humidified conditions using a water vapor sorption system equipped with a CCD camera. The form I crystals and tablets were stored under various temperature and humidity conditions (the saturation salt desiccator method), and the pseudo-crystalline transformation was observed using X-ray powder diffractometry with our laboratory equipment for drug substances and using synchrotron X-ray powder diffractometry for tablets. It was confirmed that the activation energy in the pseudo-crystalline transformation rate from form I to form II was dependent on humidity, and the calculated values were 121-155 kJ/mol at 70-90% relative humidity. Moreover, when thiamine hydrochloride was formulated as tablets, it was confirmed that the transformation rate was slower compared with the drug substances alone. The pseudo-crystalline transformation rate therefore declined after formulation in tablet form, perhaps due to the shielding effects of thiamine hydrochloride crystal from contact with water molecules by excipients, compaction, etc.

MeSH terms

  • Crystallization
  • Humidity
  • Tablets / chemistry
  • Temperature
  • Thiamine / chemistry*
  • Video Recording
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Tablets
  • Thiamine