CHAPTER 2

Solid-State NMR in DrugDiscovery and Development

FREDERICK G. VOGT

Product Development, GlaxoSmithKline plc., 709 Swedeland Rd,King of Prussia, PA, 19406, USAPresent address: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1701 Market St.,Philadelphia, PA, 19103-2921, USAEmail: fvogt@morganlewis.com

2.1 Introduction

NMR spectroscopy is a powerful analytical and physical characterizationtechnique that is widely used in pharmaceutical research and development.Solid-state NMR (SSNMR) spectroscopy is an extensive and rapidly growingbranch of this field that has increasingly been applied alongside solution-stateNMR. Developments in theory and methodology over the last 20 years haveallowed for greater use of SSNMR spectroscopy throughout chemistry,biochemistry and materials science, and extensions to different areas of interestin the discovery, development and manufacturing of drugs have quicklyfollowed. This chapter reviews recent applications of SSNMR to drugdiscovery and development, focusing primarily on techniques that utilizemagic-angle spinning (MAS). Key theoretical concepts, instrumentation andexperimental methods that are needed to understand the application ofSSNMR in these systems are first reviewed. The bulk of this chapter is devotedto two main areas of application of SSNMR: (i) in drug discovery, primarilystructural studies of large biomolecules that are drug targets, and (ii) in drugdevelopment, primarily in studies of formulations, active pharmaceutical

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ingredients (APIs) and manufacturing processes. Particular attention is given toemerging applications such as the use of high static fields, multidimensionalexperiments and sophisticated pulse sequences designed for the extraction ofNMR parameters from complex systems.

A number of recent general reviews covering the broader field of SSNMR arealso of interest to drug discovery and development because of the potential foradaptation of techniques applied in these other fields. These include reviews ofdevelopments in specific techniques, such as applications of 1H SSNMR, aswell as the larger fields of biomaterials, geochemistry, supramolecularchemistry and materials sciences.1–6 This chapter is focused on analysis ofmaterials that are predominantly crystalline or amorphous solids, and thus thetechnique of high-resolution magic-angle spinning (HR-MAS) NMR asapplied to semi-solid and liquid samples is not discussed (see Chapter 3).7

2.2 Background

The theoretical background necessary for an understanding of SSNMRphenomena has been described in numerous monographs.8–11 Here, a briefreview is given of several key aspects of the theory of SSNMR relevant to its usein drug discovery and development. Particular attention is given to aspects ofSSNMR that differ from solution-state NMR. First, NMR techniques accessnuclear spin states, and require nuclei with a non-zero spin to be present.A number of isotopes covering nearly every element on the periodic table havenon-zero spin and are thus NMR-active. The nuclides of interest in mostSSNMR studies related to drug discovery and development are summarized inTable 2.1.12 Some of the nuclides in Table 2.1 have only recently become readilyaccessible with the advent of higher static field strengths (B0) and new probeand pulse sequence designs. These emerging nuclides of interest will bediscussed in more detail in Sections 2.3 and 2.4. After discussion of the basictheory of SSNMR, instrumentation and experimental methods of interest indrug discovery and development are then reviewed, followed by a briefoverview of computational methods used to support SSNMR studies.

2.2.1 Theoretical Background

SSNMR allows access to a number of parameters of interest for analysis ofelucidation of structure and dynamics in solids. These parameters arise becauseof interactions between nuclear spins and their surroundings, including othernuclear spins and electrons. The interactions are normally grouped intocategories based on the underlying nuclear spin Hamiltonians that definetheir energy. These include the chemical shielding interaction, dipolar inter-action, J-coupling interaction, quadrupolar interaction and paramagneticinteraction.8–11 In contrast to solution-state NMR, the lack of rapid moleculartumbling in SSNMR allows access to the anisotropic nature of these interactions.

Because it can provide site-specific resolution, the chemical shift is generallythe most useful interaction in studies of many of the most important

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NMR-active nuclides in pharmaceutical and biomolecular solids. The isotropicchemical shift (diso), familiar from solution-state NMR, is also the mostcommonly observed parameter in SSNMR studies and generally providesdetailed information about the electronic structure around the observednucleus. The chemical shift of many isotopes of interest, such as 1H, 13C, 15N,19F and 31P, is specific to particular molecular functional groups andsubstituents, and follows established, interpretable trends.13,14 The chemicalshift is caused by the chemical shielding of the nucleus by its surroundingelectrons. The isotropic chemical shielding (siso) is related to diso by

siso � �ðsiso � srefÞ ð2:1Þ

where sref is the shielding of a reference nucleus. The chemical shift representsthe experimentally accessible quantity measured in SSNMR experiments, whilethe chemical shielding represents the theoretical quantity that can in many casesbe calculated using quantum chemical methods.

SSNMR and solution-state NMR studies both commonly seek to observediso and compute siso for comparison, but SSNMR differs from solution-stateNMR in that rapid molecular tumbling does not occur, allowing direct accessto the full second-rank tensor that describes these interactions.9 Each tensorhas nine independent components that define its magnitude and orientation.

Table 2.1 Basic properties of selected NMR nuclides of interest in drugdiscovery and development applications. Values are from Refs 10and 12, which contain a complete list of NMR nuclides and theirproperties. The reference Harris et al.12 contains accurate frequencyratios suitable for ghost referencing.

Isotope Spin (I)Frequency inMHz at 2.344 T Natural Abundance Relative receptivitya

1H 1/2 100.000 99.985% 1.00002H 1 15.350 0.0115% 0.0000011111B 3/2 32.084 80.1% 0.13213C 1/2 25.145 1.10% 0.00017014N 1 7.224 99.632% 0.00115N 1/2 10.137 0.366% 0.0000038417O 5/2 13.556 0.038% 0.000011119F 1/2 94.094 100.0% 0.83423Na 3/2 26.451 100.0% 0.092725Mg 5/2 6.120 10.0% 0.00026827Al 5/2 26.056 100.0% 0.20729Si 1/2 19.867 4.67% 0.00036731P 1/2 40.480 100.0% 0.066533S 3/2 7.670 0.76% 0.000017235Cl 3/2 9.798 75.78% 0.0035843Ca 7/2 6.728 0.14% 0.0000086851V 7/2 26.289 99.75% 0.38367Zn 5/2 6.254 4.10% 0.00011877Se 1/2 19.071 7.63% 0.000537

aRelative to 1H at 1.0000.

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In general, only the three principal components are experimentally accessible inthe polycrystalline powders of interest in most pharmaceutical applications ofSSNMR. The reported principal component values of the experimentalchemical shift tensor typically follow the convention d11Zd22Zd33, so that thed11 component is designated as that towards lowest frequency and becomesthe most deshielded component (typically the leftmost in the spectrum). Theorientation of the tensor for a nucleus relative to tensors from other sites in themolecule is commonly obtained through computational methods or can beaccessed in certain experiments that utilize another interaction, such as dipolarcoupling, to help ‘‘align’’ the orientation of the chemical shift tensor (CST) to achemical bond. The principal components of the chemical shielding tensor arelabeled and ordered following the convention:

jszz � sisojZjsxx � sisojZjsyy � sisoj ð2:2Þ

It is also common to report values derived from the principal components,including the asymmetry:

ZCSA ¼ ðsyy � sxxÞ=ðszz � sisoÞ ð2:3Þ

and the reduced anisotropy:

saniso ¼ szz � siso ¼ ð2=3Þszz � ð1=3Þðsxx þ syyÞ ð2:4Þ

When working with chemical shift or shielding tensors, it is often necessary torotate the tensors between different frames to predict spectral properties andunderstand the effects of a range of crystallite orientations in polycrystallinepowder, molecular motion within the crystal or mechanical sample spinning.This can be achieved by rotations of tensors written in irreducible form.9 TheCST contains additional information beyond diso that can be used to obtaindetailed structural information or enhance spectral assignments. For example,typical 13C chemical shift tensor principal component values have beentabulated for organic compounds that can also be extended to drug molecules,and can allow for interpretation of the effects of structural features such ashydrogen bonding.15

The process of magic angle spinning (MAS) averages the CST, like othersecond-rank tensors, over the course of a rotor period (tR) into a manifold ofspinning sidebands. The measurement of CSTs is commonly accomplished byfitting MAS sidebands. An example is shown in Figure 2.1 for the deter-mination of the 19F chemical shift tensors for a crystalline form of the anti-fungal drug voriconazole.16 This molecule contains three fluorine atoms,designated F1, F2 and F3, and crystalline Form 1 yields a cross-polarizationMAS (CP-MAS) spectrum as shown in Figure 2.1. The CP-MAS experiment isdiscussed in Section 2.2.3. The centerbands, which appear at diso, are denotedby colored arrows in the experimental spectrum. The spectrum consists of threesets of overlapping sideband manifolds, which can be fitted to obtain d11, d22and d33 for each of the three fluorine sites as shown in Figure 2.1. The sidebandmanifold encodes these three principal component values across the individual

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Figure 2.1 19F CP-MAS spectrum of a crystalline form (see Ravikumar et al.16) ofthe antifungal drug voriconazole. A fit of the sideband manifold for thethree fluorine sites is shown, along with the three separate sidebandmanifolds (colored spectra). Arrows denote the MAS centerbands at diso.The static lineshapes above each manifold correspond to the fittedchemical shift tensor parameters. The experimental spectrum wasobtained using a 4 mm HFX probe at 273 K with nr set to 8 kHz and a B0

field strength of 11.7 T.

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sidebands and requires fitting to extract, as discussed in Section 2.2.5. Incontrast, the static chemical shift tensors, which were simulated from the fittedMAS patterns as shown in Figure 2.1, contain a direct relationship between d11,d22 and d33 and the spectral features.

Many drugs, excipients and biomolecules of interest contain quadrupolarnuclei. These nuclei possess a nuclear spin quantum number I that is greaterthan 1

2(see Table 2.1) and thus a quadrupolar moment. The quadrupolar

nucleus can couple with the electric field gradient (EFG) at the nuclear site; theEFG results from the surrounding environment, and creates anothermechanism by which structural information can be obtained.8–11 The EFGtensor V is normally reported using the convention

jVzzjZjVyyjZjVxxj ð2:5Þ

and the quadrupolar coupling constant (CQ) is reported as

CQ ¼ ðVzzeQÞ=h ¼ ðe2qQÞ=h ð2:6Þ

where h is Planck’s constant. The quadrupolar asymmetry is reported as

ZQ ¼ ðVxx � VyyÞ=Vzz ð2:7Þ

Extremely small values of CQ, such as those observed commonly in 6Li spectra,only cause line broadening effects on SSNMR spectra. Small but more sizeableCQ values in the range of 100–200 kHz, as observed for 2H spectra (with I¼ 1),lead to a first-order quadrupolar lineshape. An example of a first-orderquadrupolar lineshape obtained using a quadrupolar echo sequence is shown inFigure 2.2 for the deuterochloroform solvate of the small molecule drugtranilast.17 Although this 2H lineshape is unaffected by reorientation becausethe chloroform molecules rotate around the C–H axis in this crystal structure,and can be fitted to a static lineshape as shown in Figure 2.2, 2H lineshapes inpharmaceutical and biomolecular solids are generally affected more significantlyby motion.18 The use of MAS, as shown in Figure 2.2, provides additionalresolution between the sidebands and allows for measurement of detailed 2Hchemical shift information, which can for example resolve different types ofwater or different chemically exchanged sites in pharmaceutical hydrates.18

Larger values of CQ are typically encountered for most elements in theperiodic table, including many of interest in drug discovery or development.Many of these nuclei also possess half-integral spin (with 14N being a notableexception) and are often studied via their central transition spectra.10,11 Thecentral transition is affected by second order quadrupolar broadening, whichis generally observed when the CQ exceeds 1–2 MHz. MAS incompletelyaverages the second-order broadening, and other techniques are needed to fullyaverage the lineshape and achieve high resolution. A second-order broadenedcentral transition lineshape for I¼ 3/2 is observed in the 35Cl MAS spectrum ofa crystalline form of raloxifene HCl, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, asshown in Figure 2.3.19 The spectrum is fitted to a theoretical second-orderlineshape to obtain the CQ and ZQ values given in Figure 2.3. The second-order

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quadrupolar broadening also affects the observed isotropic chemical shift; thisadditional shift can be calculated from knowledge of I, the quadrupolarcoupling and the Larmor frequency.20 This is taken into account in the fit inFigure 2.3, showing that the actual 35Cl chemical shift in this form of raloxifeneHCl is 61.6 ppm from solid NaCl.

The dipolar coupling interaction is also of great importance in SSNMRstudies of drugs. The dipolar coupling arises because of through-spacemagnetic field effects between two nuclear spins caused by individual nuclearmagnetic moments.8–11 The dipolar coupling averages in isotropic solutionbecause of molecular tumbling, so that only its incoherent effects (throughrelaxation) are typically observable. In solids, the dipolar coupling is directlyobservable. The dipolar coupling between two nuclei depends directly on the

2H Frequency (kHz)–200–100200 100 0

ExperimentalStatic echo

ExperimentalMAS echo

FittedCQ = 140 kHzηQ = 0.0

Figure 2.2 2H first-order quadrupolar lineshape (top spectrum) for the chloroformsolvate of the drug tranilast produced using 99% deuterium-enrichedchloroform, obtained under static conditions (without MAS). A fittedfirst-order quadrupolar static lineshape is shown for comparison (middlespectrum). MAS with nr set to 5 kHz breaks the first-order experimentallineshape into a manifold of sidebands as shown (bottom spectrum).Experimental spectra were obtained using a quadrupolar echo consistingof two p/2 pulses spaced by 100 ms (static) or 200 ms (MAS). Spectra wereobtained at 298K and at a B0 field strength of 8.4 T.

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product of the gyromagnetic ratios of the two nuclei engaged in the couplingand inversely on the cube of the internuclear distance between the nuclei.Because of this inverse cubic dependence, the structural information containedin a measurement of the dipolar coupling can directly yield an internucleardistance. Homonuclear dipolar couplings between 1H nuclei in typical organicsolids can reach as high as 30 kHz, while heteronuclear interactions betweendirectly bonded 1H and 13C nuclei are typically about 10 kHz. Longer rangeinteractions that yield dipolar couplings of 200Hz or less are particularly usefulfor structural studies and can be measured by various pulse sequences. Systemsthat exhibit strong homonuclear coupling often engage in a process known asspin diffusion, by which magnetization can be transferred over long distancesranging from a few nm to hundreds of nm. Spin diffusion is normally modeledusing phenomenological expressions, but fundamentally involves a series ofdipolar coupling interactions mediated by zero- or double-quantum ‘‘flip flop’’terms in the dipolar interactions.21,22 Dipolar coupling can also lead to rein-troduction of quadrupolar effects from non-observed nuclei.23 For example,13C resonances in MAS spectra are often broadened or split by neighboringquadrupolar 14N sites (which have a natural abundance499%) experiencing astrong EFG through dipolar coupling.23 Similar effects can occur for 13Cresonances of sites directly bonded to 35/37Cl, 79/81Br and 127I. These effects arecommonly observed in 13C spectra of API molecules, which often contain asignificant number of nitrogen and halogen sites.

5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.535Cl frequency (kHz)

Experimental

FittedCQ = 935 kHzηQ = 0.43δiso = 61.6 ppm

Figure 2.3 35Cl MAS spectrum (nr¼ 30 kHz) of a crystalline form of raloxifene HCl,showing the effects of second-order quadrupolar broadening on thecentral transition lineshape for this spin¼ 3/2 nucleus. The spectrum wasobtained at 273 K and at a B0 field strength of 16.4 T. A fitted spectrum ofthe central transition lineshape showing the quadrupolar parametersobtained from the fit is also shown. The crystal structure of this phase isreported in Vega et al.19 35Cl frequency is given relative to crystalline NaClat 0 kHz.

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Magnetic dipolar coupling information can also be transferred by electronsthrough the J-coupling interaction, which generally occurs through chemicalbonds and is also referred to as indirect dipolar coupling, scalar coupling orelectron-mediated dipolar coupling.8–11 The J-coupling, unlike the dipolarcoupling, contains an isotropic component that is observed in solution-stateNMR. In solids, the isotropic J-coupling interaction occurs with a similarmagnitude to that observed for molecules in solution. The magnitudes oftypical heteronuclear J-coupling interactions between directly bonded 1H and13C nuclei are approximately 150Hz, and most interactions are much smaller(on the order of a few Hz). The generally larger resonance linewidth in solidsoften obscures their direct observation except when large J-couplings arepresent (as often seen in fluorinated drugs because of 13C–19F J-coupling),although a number of pulse sequences are available to detect their effects.Anisotropic J-couplings can be observed in the solid state and contain usefulstructural information, but have not yet seen significant use in applications todrug discovery or development.24

Paramagnetic interactions are currently of particular interest in biomolecularSSNMR studies because of their ability to provide longer-range structuralinformation. The paramagnetic interaction arises through coupling between anunpaired electron spin and a nuclear spin described by the hyperfine couplingtensor (A). Unpaired electron spins can be synthetically inserted into biomol-ecules as stable organic radicals (typically nitroxides) or as chelated metal ionswith an appropriate spin state (typically using selected transition metal ions orlanthanides).25 The paramagnetic interaction consists of two contributions, thefirst of which is known as the Fermi contact shift.26,27 The Fermi contact shiftoriginates because of the presence of unpaired electron spin density at thenucleus. Under MAS, the Fermi contact shift is isotropic and can cause largeshifts of 100 ppm or more on resonances from sites within 5–10 A of theparamagnetic center. The second contribution, known as the pseudocontactshift (PCS) or isotropic dipolar shift, arises from through-space dipolarcoupling between the electron and nuclear spins.26,27 The PCS has a muchsmaller magnitude than the Fermi contact shift, typically on the order of a fewppm to tens of ppm, but has a range of up to 20–30 A.25 In order to observe aPCS, the paramagnetic center must have an anisotropic electron g-tensor,which in turn leads to an anisotropic magnetic susceptibility tensor and then toan observable PCS.25 Anisotropic electron g-tensors are observed for organicchelates of a subset of paramagnetic transition metal and lanthanide ions.25

Knowledge and interpretation of relaxation mechanisms in solids can play animportant role in many SSNMR studies in drug discovery and development.Variable temperature studies and studies using different B0 field strengths maybe needed to elucidate which mechanisms occur. In combination withmolecular motion and the creation of an appropriate spectral density, many ofthe interactions described above also contribute to typical relaxation processesin solids.8,11,28 These processes include spin-lattice relaxation (T1) and a returnto equilibrium population, spin-lattice relaxation in the rotating frame (T1r),and spin-spin relaxation (T2) and a loss of phase coherence.8,11,28–30 Chemical

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shift anisotropy relaxation is proportional to the square of B0 and to themagnitude of daniso, and requires molecular reorientation to modulate thechemical shift anisotropy.31 Quadrupolar nuclei can relax via the EFG throughthe quadrupolar interaction, if the EFG at the nuclear site is modulated bymolecular motion.8,11 Dipolar relaxation occurs between spin pairs with astrong dipolar coupling, and in the case of abundant 1H spins, spin diffusioncan lead to an equalization of the relaxation processes across a microcrystal.Relaxation through J-coupling interactions can also occur in rare cases wherenuclei are strongly coupled. Spin-rotation relaxation can occur if phononmodes in the solid provide a rotational energy match, and can affect heavynuclei.32 Paramagnetic relaxation occurs either because of a paramagneticcenter present in the material, or via contact with a paramagnetic impurity orpurposely inserted paramagnetic center, and is dependent on field andtemperature.25

In crystalline solids of interest in drug development, the modulation neededfor rapid relaxation processes is often enhanced by mobile functional groupssuch as methyl groups or longer normal or branched aliphatic chains, phenylgroups, CF3 groups and groups that interact with their through-space neigh-boring atoms primarily by van der Waals interactions and are in open regionsof a crystal structure.28,33–35 These effects are enhanced particularly if quad-rupolar nuclei are present in the moving group or in a less mobile nearby group.These groups are often referred to as relaxation sinks. Enhanced mobility atcrystalline defects or at the surface of a crystal, which is itself a defect, can alsoserve as a relaxation sink and can be enhanced via contact with paramagneticdioxygen in the air. Proton (1H) T1 relaxation in crystalline APIs, which areconnected to the bulk through spin diffusion and lead to a single 1H T1 valueacross a particle when nr is relatively slow (e.g. o12 kHz), is often dominatedby this type of effect. In amorphous or semi-crystalline solids, relaxationprocesses are often enhanced because of greater molecular mobility,particularly above the glass transition temperature (Tg).

36 While developmentsare still needed in the experimental approach to measurement of relaxationrates in complex systems, there are many potential benefits if they can beharnessed in studies of dynamics in biopolymers to applications such asmolecular recognition, ligand binding and mechanical properties.37

2.2.2 Instrumentation

Modern SSNMR instrumentation is similar to the instrumentation used insolution-state NMR, with several minor but important differences. Amplifierscapable of delivering higher powers, in the range of 300 to 1000W, aregenerally used for SSNMR. In addition, preamplifiers and filters capable ofhandling high powers are necessary. Specialized controllers that supply press-urized air or nitrogen to MAS probes for spinning are also needed.Temperature controllers and chillers capable of high flow rates are typicallyused, particularly for biomolecular studies, to enable experiments attemperatures of 0 to –50 1C or lower. These additional needs can boost the

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cost of an SSNMR installation well beyond that typically encountered forsolution-state NMR. The most significant differences between SSNMR andsolution-state NMR are encountered in the design of probes. Many probedesigns used in SSNMR require a magnet with an 89mm bore size, which canadd significantly to the cost of an instrument. However, other probe designsmake use of the conventional 54mm bore size also used in solution-state NMRmagnets, allowing for interchangeable usage. Most probes used in SSNMRstudies relevant to drug discovery and development are MAS probes. Theseprobes include a spinning module comprising a stator, coil and bearings tosupport the spinning rotor. Conventional probe circuit designs for SSNMRprobes have been reviewed in detail.38,39 Currently, transmission line designsare popular because of greater power handling capability. Rotors made ofzirconia and other materials with an outer diameter that ranges from 1mm tomore than 7mm are currently commercially available; these rotors can holdfrom a few hundred mg up to a few hundred mg of material. Spinning rates forMAS probes in drug applications are typically in the range of 10–15 kHz formid-sized rotors with outer diameters of 4 to 5mm. Many laboratories areequipped with probes that can spin from 25 to 40 kHz with smaller rotor sizes,outer diameters being typically in the 2.5mm to 3.2mm range. Recently, ultra-fast spinning MAS probes capable of nr in excess of 70kHz using rotors with assmall as 1mm outer diameter have become commercially available.40,41 Inapplications of fast MAS probes, it should be noted that MAS leads to frictionalheating and exerts rapidly increasing pressure on samples with increasing nr,which can potentially affect the sample.42 For example, in a recent study ofstyrene–butadiene rubbers, a 3.2mm outer diameter rotor with an inner diameterof 2mm was predicted to exert a pressure of 9.5MPa with nr¼ 25kHz, a muchhigher value than the pressure of 1.0MPa exerted with a slower nr¼ 10kHz.43

Cryogenic cooling of probe electronics to reduce thermal noise is widelyemployed in solution-state NMR and is used extensively in applications to drugdiscovery and development. Cooling of the probe coil and electronics to 25K, orin some cases higher temperatures, while maintaining the sample at roomtemperature, yields signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) enhancements on the order of 2to 4 times that of a conventional probe by reducing thermal electronic noise (seealso Chapter 5 for in vivo applications of a cryogenic coil).44 AMAS probewith acooled coil and electronics that allows for the sample to be maintained at roomtemperature has been developed and used to observe 1H spectra of solidadamantane.45 AMASprobe that cools the sample to 25Kor less, butmaintainsthe electronics at higher temperatures, has also recently been developed andobtains significant polarization enhancements from the low sample temperature(from population enhancements as predicted by the Boltzmann equation).46

Initial commercialization of these designs has occurred and new designs areforthcoming. Usage is not yet widespread in drug applications.

Probe designs that allow for simultaneous excitation and detection of 19F, 1Hand an X-nucleus (such as 13C or 15N) have become commercially available inthe last ten years.47 These designs have enabled new applications of 19FSSNMR to a variety of problems of interest in drug discovery and

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development, as discussed below, because of the occurrence of fluorine in manydrugs of interest and the possibility of fluorine labeling of biomolecules.

2.2.3 Experimental Methods

A wide variety of experimental methods are available for SSNMR studies indrug discovery and development, and only a brief overview can be given here.Some of the more popular experiments currently utilized for drug discovery anddrug development applications are summarized in Tables 2.2 and 2.3,respectively. With limited exceptions, most of these experimental methodsmake use of MAS, which involves the mechanical spinning of the sample in agas turbine inclined at an angle of 54.741 relative to the static B0 magnetic field.Over the course of each rotor period, MAS averages the chemical shift inter-action, first-order quadrupolar interaction and dipolar interaction, andpartially averages the second-order quadrupolar lineshape. However, strongmultispin dipolar interactions like those prevalent between protons in organicsolids are generally only partially averaged by MAS. Cross-polarization (CP)techniques are widely used to enhance the signal of spins with lower gyro-magnetic ratios, such as 13C and 15N nuclei. Modern CP experiments normallyutilize a radiofrequency (RF) power ramp on one of the channels, whichimproves SNR and reproducibility by broadening the Hartmann–Hahnmatching condition and improving tolerance for RF inhomogeneity, amongother factors.48 When combined with MAS, the Hartmann–Hahn conditionthat enables CP splits into a manifold of sidebands, such that actual CPmatches in CP-MAS experiments normally are set to occur at the strongersidebands (normally designated þ/–1).49,50

Heteronuclear dipolar decoupling is commonly used to narrow or simplifyspectral resonances by removing the broadening effects of coupling 1H to nucleiwhen observing 13C, 15N, 19F or other nuclei.51 The two-pulse phase modu-lation (TPPM) scheme and the related small phase incremental alteration(SPINAL) decoupling sequence are currently popular methods for hetero-nuclear dipolar decoupling.51,52 The TPPM sequence offered a significantimprovement over earlier continuous-wave (CW) decoupling sequences. InSSNMR applications of interest to pharmaceuticals, where rigid crystallineorganic solids are often encountered, it is common to use high RF power levelsof 100 kHz or more on the 1H channel for TPPM or SPINAL decoupling. Morerecent developments include an improved super-cycled variant of the swept-frequency TPPM sequence,53 which has also been reported to show superiorperformance when fast MAS (nr¼ 60 kHz) is concurrently employed.54

The observation of 13C spectra using a combination of CP, MAS and 1Hheteronuclear decoupling is one of the most basic and commonly executedexperiments performed in drug discovery and development applications.However, several modifications to this basic CP-MAS experiment are alsofrequently used.13C spectra are often complex, and many sites have appreciableanisotropy, leading to spinning sidebands.15 As a result, sideband suppressionsequences are widely used, particularly the total sideband suppression

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(TOSS) sequence.55 An example of the performance of the five-pulse CP-TOSSpulse sequence with a 243-step phase cycle55 is shown in Figure 2.4 for the smallmolecule pleuromutilin. No artifacts from the suppressed spinning sidebandsare observed, and if any small resonances were observed, they could beconfidently assigned to actual signals instead of potential unsuppressedsidebands.

Spectral editing is a useful tool for analysis of more complex spectra. Forexample, the venerable dipolar dephasing technique can be used to suppresssignals from protonated carbons by reintroduction of heteronuclear dephasingto 1H nuclei through interrupted decoupling (with the exception of methylcarbons, which rotate quickly and partially average dipolar coupling).56 In

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Figure 2.4, the dipolar dephasing spectrum of pleuromutilin is shown forcomparison, displaying only quaternary carbons and methyl carbons. Smallresidual signals from the 19 position remain despite its protonation statebecause of rapid motion of the alkene group. Other spectral editing sequencescan be used to distinguish CH, CH2 and CH3 carbons in

13C spectra using theJ-coupling interaction.57 This experiment can be applied to other nuclei, suchas 15N, whose attached proton count in a pharmaceutical molecule can be ofsignificant interest.58 Because of the variable performance of 1H homonucleardecoupling, the solid-state attached proton test (APT) experiment is oftenperformed in a pseudo-2D manner using a range of delays. The polarizationinversion technique, which is based on the dipolar-driven CP process, can also beused to distinguish CH, CH2 and CH3 carbons in

13C spectra although it typicallyneeds to be adjusted for different samples of interest because of its sensitivity tospinning speed and the mobility and the geometry of different spin systems.59

Homonuclear dipolar decoupling is primarily used for 1H nuclei, as thisisotope is both abundant in most solids of interest and experiences stronghomonuclear dipolar couplings because of its large magnetogyric ratio andtypically short internuclear distances. Modern homonuclear decouplingsequences are designed to work at the higher MAS rates currently employed inmany studies.60 These include the original (and still widely used) frequency-switched Lee–Goldburg (FSLG) sequence, the phase-modulatedLee–Goldburg (PMLG) sequence and the ‘‘decoupling using mind bogglingoptimization’’ (DUMBO) sequence.60–62 The FSLG sequence typicallyperforms best when the sample is restricted to the center of the MAS rotors tomaximize RF homogeneity. The DUMBO class of decoupling sequences hasbeen numerically optimized to achieve better 1H resolution and also offersuperior tolerance to RF inhomogeneity.60,62 An example of the performanceof a 1D windowed-detection DUMBO sequence (with nr¼ 30 kHz) incomparison to conventional MAS alone (with nr¼ 35 kHz) is shown for atypical API molecule in Figure 2.5. The spectra have been obtained at a highstatic field corresponding to a 1H frequency of 700.13MHz. This API moleculehas been previously studied using 2D FSLG-based techniques.18 The DUMBOspectrum in Figure 2.5 shows a noticeable improvement in resolution, allowingfor several assignments to be made. Homonuclear dipolar decoupling isfrequently used in conjunction with 2D experiments whenever a 1H dimensionis included in the experiment.

Heteronuclear dipolar correlation experiments utilize the dipolar couplingbetween different nuclides to obtain through-space correlations, and hencestructural information, usually in a 2D format. A variety of mechanisms areavailable to recouple the heteronuclear dipolar interaction, which is averagedunder MAS, and allow for correlations to be detected. The simplest approachuses conventional flat RF pulses or ramp CP.48 This is the basis of the popular2D 1H–13C CP-heteronuclear correlation (CP-HETCOR) experiment, which istypically performed with nr in the range of 10–25 kHz and with FSLG homo-nuclear 1H decoupling during the t1 evolution period.63 Typical ramp CPcontact times used for this experiment are 200 ms to 500 ms for short-range

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interactions, and 2ms or longer when longer range interactions or spindiffusion is observed. To suppress spin diffusion during the CP period,Lee–Goldburg cross polarization (LGCP) can be used in place of ramp CP, inwhich the 1H spins are spin-locked using a frequency-offset Lee–Goldburgfield.64 An example of heteronuclear dipolar correlation using the 2D 1H–19FLGCP-HETCOR pulse sequence is shown in Figure 2.6 for a crystalline form

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of fluticasone propionate, a drug used in the treatment of respiratory diseases.65

As shown in Figure 2.6(a), the drug contains three fluorine positions that allowfor the use of 19F SSNMR. The 1H–19F LGCP-HETCOR spectrum inFigure 2.6(b) shows multiple through-space correlations that can be related toshort distances in the crystal structure. The intramolecular correlations arecomparable to those obtained from a more familiar solution-state NMRexperiment, a 1H–19F heteronuclear Overhauser effect (HOESY) spectrumperformed on the same total amount of material in solution as shown inFigure 2.6(c). Although the solution-state HOESY experiment offers muchhigher resolution, particularly in the 1H dimension, the solid-state 1H–19F

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Table 2.2 Selected experiments used in SSNMR studies of biomolecules ofinterest in drug discovery and their typical usage. Basic experimentsare not listed here but are summarized in the text. All experimentsare performed using MAS unless otherwise noted.

Experiment Typical Usage References

fp-RFDR, C7 2D homonuclear dipolar correlation between e.g.13C nuclei. Used to study intraresidue correlationsand longer-range distances in uniformly labeledproteins.

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PDSD, DARR 2D proton driven spin diffusion and dipolarcorrelation between homonuclear spins suchas 13C (with labeling). Used to studyintraresidue correlations and longer-rangeinteractions.

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XY HETCOR HETCOR experiments between non-1H spins, e.g.13C–15N, using ramp CP, adiabatic-passage CP,PAIN-CP or related sequences. Used for assignmentand obtaining distance restraints in labeledbiomolecules.

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NCA, NCO 2D heteronuclear dipolar correlation via selective CP,showing 13C–15N linkages between amide nitrogen(N) and a-carbons (CA) in the NCA experiment andbetween N and the carbonyl groups (CO) in the NCOexperiment.

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CANCO 3D heteronuclear dipolar correlation experimentinvolving 13C and 15N nuclei, designed for sequentialresidue assignment in uniformly labeled proteins.

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FS-REDOR Frequency-selective REDOR measurement ofheteronuclear dipolar couplings, typically used forselective distance measurements in uniformly labeledproteins.

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ZF-TEDOR 3D measurement of heteronuclear dipolar couplings;employed to obtain multiple 13C–15N dipolardistance restraints from a single data set on auniformly labeled protein.

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QCPMG Provides sensitivity-enhanced spectra for quadrupolarcentral transitions strongly broadened by second-order effects, and can be performed without spinning(static) or using MAS. Used for studies of theenvironment of the metal site in metalloproteins.

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LGCP-HETCOR spectrum is sensitive and also shows intermolecular inter-actions not accessible in solution, denoted by distances obtained from thecrystal structure and shown on the spectrum in Figure 2.6(b).65 CP and rampCP can be used for heteronuclear dipolar correlation between other pairs ofnuclei, such as 13C–15N and 19F–13C, in appropriately designed 1D and 2Dexperiments. Other techniques, such as the adiabatic-passage CP and theproton-assisted insensitive nuclei CP (PAIN-CP) experiments, are alsocommonly applied for 13C–15N HETCOR experiments particularly in labeledbiomolecules.66,67 A variety of specialized heteronuclear dipolar correlationexperiments designed for protein assignments and utilizing 13C–15N CP andother homonuclear correlation methods (described below) are also availableand are summarized in Table 2.2.68–70

Heteronuclear dipolar distance measurements can also be performed usingCP.64,71 More robust alternatives such as the rotational-echo double resonance(REDOR) and transferred-echo double resonance (TEDOR) experiments arecommonly used for heteronuclear distance measurements with isolated, labeledspin pairs.72 REDOR-type pulse sequences can face challenges in handingmultiple spin systems (such as two 13C spins and a single 15N spin),73 leading tothe development of techniques such as y-REDOR and frequency-selectiveREDOR (FS-REDOR), which can measure distances in these systems.74,75 TheFS-REDOR experiment is particularly designed for studies of uniformly13C-labeled biomolecules.75 Accurate dipolar distance measurements arepossible by analyzing the time evolution of the signals from many of thesetechniques, or by transforming the time domain signal into the frequencydomain using a variety of specialized processing methods.71

Homonuclear dipolar correlation and distance measurements access thedipolar interaction between like spins, such as 1H–1H or 13C–13C spin pairs.76,77

A range of pulse sequences has been developed to recouple the homonucleardipolar interaction in various ways and/or measure the homonuclear dipolarcoupling.76,77 The basic rotational resonance MAS method, which involvesselection of nr so that a resonance overlaps with the sideband of anotherresonance (which causes reintroduction of the homonuclear dipolar couplingaveraged by MAS), can be used in a selective manner to study spin pairs inuniformly labeled small molecules, since the rotational resonance condition isnarrow enough to allow for pairwise selection of spins with only a minormodification for the analysis of dipolar evolution to account for other passivespins.78 More sophisticated broadband recoupling sequences are designed torecouple all of the homonuclear couplings in a sample either for correlation orfor distance measurement. These include pulse sequences such as finite-pulseRF-driven dipolar recoupling (fp-RFDR), melding of spin-locking and dipolarrecovery at the magic angle (MELODRAMA) and the symmetry-derived SPC5and C7 sequences.76,77 In addition, multiple-quantum experiments have alsobeen developed for homonuclear spin systems, such as the double-quantumback-to-back (DQ-BABA) pulse sequence for 1H-1H correlation.79 Multiple-quantum dimensions offer resolution improvements, which are particularlyvaluable for 1H nuclei, at the expense of sensitivity (because of the need to

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excite multiple quantum coherence), and are primarily used for abundant nucleiexhibiting strong dipolar couplings. A number of other modifications arepossible, including triple-quantum variants, variants that use SPC5 or C7sequences for excitation and reconversion of multiple-quantum coherence andvariants that include 1H homonuclear decoupling.1,79 Recently, an approach tomeasure 1H–1H distances using frequency-selective excitation was proposed;80

if successful, it could open up new directions in studies of small molecules ofpharmaceutical interest.

Numerous pulse sequences have also been developed for the detection ofdipolar coupling through longer-range spin diffusion.22,77 Homonuclear 2Dcorrelations in 1H spectra can be observed by simple proton-driven spindiffusion (PDSD) using a longitudinal mixing period.22 This can be combinedwith homonuclear 1H decoupling during evolution periods for improvedresolution. Correlation between 13C nuclei in uniformly or partially labeledsamples can also be achieved by PDSD. However, more efficient spin diffusionbetween 13C nuclei is obtained using the popular 13C CP-dipolar assistedrotational resonance (DARR) experiments, which employ a weak RF field onthe 1H nuclei that causes broadening of the rotational resonance condition,enhancing dipolar recoupling and spin diffusion.81 13C CP-DARR experiments,when performed with long mixing times of several hundred ms, can readilydetect 13C–13C spin pairs that are 6–8 A apart.76,77

Homonuclear and heteronuclear J-coupling correlation experiments are alsoused in SSNMR studies of both small molecules and biopolymers.82,83 Theheteronuclear multiple-quantum coherence J-coupling experiment (known asHMQC-J-MAS) and related experiments are popular methods for detecting1H–13C or 1H–15N J-couplings in both labeled and natural abundancematerials, and is often applied to help assign the spectra of small-moleculeAPIs.83 Homonuclear J-couplings can also be detected between 13C nuclei inuniformly labeled solids. The CP-incredible natural abundance doublequantum transfer (CP-INADEQUATE) experiment is useful for uniformlylabeled biomolecules and can be used to detect 13C–13C J-couplings (on theorder of 40Hz) in natural-abundance small molecules in favorable cases withlong acquisition times.84 Other homonuclear J-based sequences morecommonly used for biomolecules include total through bond correlationspectroscopy (TOBSY) (which uses isotropic J-mixing) and the constant-time,uniform-sign cross-peak (CTUC) correlation spectroscopy (COSY)experiment.85,86 A range of 3D heteronuclear J-based sequences designed forproteins have been developed to mimic experiments used in solution-stateprotein NMR; these include constant-time NCA, NCO, NCACO, NCOCAand CANCO experiments for direct tracing of the backbone of 13C and15N-labeled proteins.87,88

The measurement of the CST for a nucleus provides another importantparameter that can be related to structure. While CSTs can be measured bydirect observation of static lineshapes or MAS spinning sideband manifolds,these approaches are limited to relatively simple spectra containing only a fewresonances. In the more usual case of complex spectra, CST measurement is

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facilitated by techniques such as the phase-adjusted spinning sidebands (PASS)experiment, five p replicated magic angle turning (FIREMAT) experiment andrelated methods, which separate the anisotropic portion of the CST in a 2Dexperiment such that the high-resolution isotropic spectrum is available to helpguide the extraction of parameters.89,90

Observation of quadrupolar nuclei by SSNMR often requires special tech-niques to deal with spectral overlap caused by second-order quadrupolarbroadening. When the quadrupolar interaction is moderate in size (CQ ofapproximately 2 to 8MHz), a number of methods are available to obtainisotropic spectra. The multiple-quantum MAS (MQMAS) and satellite tran-sition MAS (STMAS) families of pulse sequences are amongst the mostpopular for observation of half-integral quadrupolar nuclei with moderateCQ.

91,92 These versatile experiments can be applied to nuclei of interest in bothpharmaceutical molecules and target biomolecules, such as 23Na, 27Al and 17O.MQMAS achieves a combination of spatial averaging by MAS and spin spaceaveraging through evolution of different spin coherences during two timeevolution periods (t1 and t2) in a 2D experiment. Different methods are neededfor quadrupolar nuclei with large second-order broadening (e.g. CQ410MHz). One of the most popular methods is the quadrupolarCarr–Purcell–Meiboom–Gill (QCPMG) pulse sequence, performed under bothstatic and MAS conditions, which creates a series of spin echoes that breaksbroad powder patterns into a manifold of spinning sidebands for greatersensitivity.93 Dipolar correlation involving quadrupolar nuclei via CP orthrough dipolar HMQC is also possible. A specialized sequence that is usefulfor study of spin-1 nuclei with large quadrupolar couplings, such as 14N, is the1H–14N HMQC experiment, which is best performed using probes capable ofnr4 60 kHz.41,94

Relaxation time measurement and analysis is commonly performed in drugdevelopment applications. Typical measurements involve the observation ofT1 and T1r, the latter to observe slower molecular motions in the kHzfrequency range.50 In more specialized situations, measurements of T2

relaxation may be relevant. The measurement of 1H T1 via a heteronucleusplays a special role in studies of phase purity, which can be needed whenattempting to assess whether a given sample of a small molecule API consistsof one phase or more than one phase.95 An example of 1H T1 measurement viaheteronuclear detection, in this case using 31P, is shown in Figure 2.7 for thephosphorus-containing antiviral API adefovir dipivoxil. The experimentdetects the presence of a phase mixture by the observation of different 1H T1

times for each of the 31P resonances, which correspond to a hydrate and ananhydrate phase. If 1H T1 values happen to be indistinguishable using thismethod, this experiment cannot directly prove that a set of resonances arisesfrom the same phase but still can provide some assurance of phase purity ifconfidence intervals for the T1 measurements are very narrow (which is oftenpossible if a sensitive heteronucleus like 19F or 31P is employed). Changes intemperature and spinning speed can be used to vary the results and possiblyenhance the difference in T1 measurement in some cases. High spinning speeds

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(typically greater than 15 kHz) should be avoided because of suppression ofspin diffusion, which leads to differential 1H T1 values even within asingle phase.

Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) methods (see Chapter 9) used insolution-state NMR often make use of a radical species as a polarizing agent,prepared using a separate magnet for a polarizing electron paramagnetic

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resonance (EPR) spectrometer (such as a 94GHz spectrometer with a 0.5GHzsweep), which can increase signal-to-noise up to 10 000 times for some nuclei.96

Recent advances in DNP methods for solids have occurred with the devel-opment of high-frequency microwave sources, enabling EPR experiments to beperformed at frequencies in the hundreds of GHz directly in the high-fieldNMR magnet on frozen matrices containing the paramagnetic polarizingagent.97 The cross effect involving two electron spins and a nuclear spingenerally constitutes the mechanism for the enhancement, and the sample isprepared using a dilute nitroxide radical or biradical as a polarizing agent in a60% v/v mixture of glycerol in water, which forms a glass as the sample iscooled and disperses the polarizing agent.97 This approach can be applied tosolid nanocrystals, with enhanced polarization transferred from surface contactwith the radical by spin diffusion through the bulk crystal. Enhancements insolid frozen protein samples of 25–50 times have been observed.97 While mostexperiments have been performed using MAS at cryogenic temperatures (e.g.25–100K), DNP experiments at temperatures as high as 180K have recentlybeen successfully performed.98

Finally, referencing of SSNMR spectra is an important experimentalconsideration particularly in drug development, where a large number ofsamples are analyzed and reproducibility is critical. Most SSNMR spectra arereferenced by the external substitution method.12 For example, 13C spectra arecommonly referenced to tetramethylsilane (TMS) via susceptibility-correctedexternal references such as hexamethylbenzene, adamantane and glycine.99 Theghost referencing process references one isotope to another through frequencyratios and is also a popular approach.12 Because most SSNMR systems do notuse a field-frequency lock, it is important to understand field drift andcompensate for it if needed during extended experiments.

2.2.4 Computational Methods

The computational methods used to support SSNMR analyses include a rangeof techniques that simulate nuclear spin dynamics and calculate electronicstructure for prediction of NMR parameters or optimization of molecularstructure. Several computational methods with demonstrated applications todrug discovery and development are reviewed briefly in this section. It isimportant to note the distinction between two major classes of quantummechanical calculation used in SSNMR: the first calculates electronic structurefor the prediction of NMR parameters, such as s, V and the J-coupling tensor(J), while the second calculates the response of a spin system with a set of NMRparameters under time-dependent propagators such as evolution under internalinteractions and external interactions such as RF irradiation and MAS.

Electronic structure calculations are used for prediction of NMR parameterssuch as s, J and V, as well as for the optimization of structures prior to thesepredictions. The prediction of chemical shielding or EFG tensors is animportant aid to spectral interpretation. Although ab initio methods for solvingthe electronic wavefunction can be used for this task, density functional theory

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(DFT) calculations are the most popular approach because of their combi-nation of speed and accuracy, particularly in systems where electron correlationeffects are significant.100,101 Electron correlation, which is the tendency of themotion of one electron to influence the motion of the other electrons, can affectmany pharmaceutical systems of interest.100 DFT calculations scale morefavorably with the number of electrons (N4) than wavefunction-based methodsthat incorporate electron correlation, allowing for efficient computations ontypical pharmaceutical molecules on small clusters or desktop workstations.A variety of density functionals are used, including hybrid functionals such asB3LYP (Becke, three-parameter, Lee–Yang–Parr), generalized gradientapproximation (GGA) functionals such as PBE (Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof) andPW91 (Perdew–Wang-91), and local density approximation (LDA) functionals,although the latter are generally only employed in EFG calculations.100,101

Structural optimization of hydrogen atom positions is a common first step inthe preparation of a small-molecule crystal structure for calculations of NMRparameters.101 In some cases, such as when the crystal structure has been solvedusing powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) methods or when a low-temperaturestructure is compared to high-temperature SSNMR data, it can be beneficial tooptimize the entire structure including the heavy atoms. Calculations of NMRparameters carried out on single crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) structuresare generally performed as fixed, single-point calculations using the optimizedstructure and thus do not directly take into account molecular vibrations or unitcell changes between the SCXRD temperature and the SSNMR temperature.The effects of molecular vibrations can often be taken into account by linearscaling of the experimental chemical shifts against the calculated chemicalshieldings, particularly if a large number of sites are predicted.101

Many calculations of s, J and V employ the ‘‘cluster’’ method, in which agroup of molecules is extracted from the periodic crystal structure and the‘‘central’’ molecule or molecules is treated with a higher level basis set for theNMR calculation.101 The surrounding molecules can be treated with a lowerlevel of theory to improve the performance of the calculation. Gaussian orSlater-type basis sets are widely used for these types of calculation in what isoften referred to as a ‘‘locally dense’’ approach.102 When heavy atoms arepresent, this method allows for inclusion of relativistic effects for the centralmolecule.103 Other quantities that may also be of importance in some SSNMRstudies, such as electronic g-tensors (for prediction of PCS effects), can becalculated using this method. Alternate levels of theory can be applied to thecentral molecules and the surroundings via the ONIOM (Our own N-layeredIntegrated molecular Orbital and molecular Mechanics) approach; forexample, DFT can be used for central molecules while molecular mechanics canbe used to simulate the surroundings.104 Finally, long-range electrostatic effectscan be included via point charges or other methods.101

Calculations that use periodic boundary conditions and plane waves as abasis set are inherently designed to treat crystalline solids for structural opti-mization and calculations of s, J and V. The gauge-including projectoraugmented wave (GIPAW) method, implemented in the CASTEP package,

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takes this approach. The GIPAW method utilizes pseudopotentials, whichsaves computational resource by allowing for removal of the tightly boundcore electrons (as these contribute minimally to the chemical shielding)and instead provides a smoothed valence wavefunction near the nucleus.105,106

To accurately describe chemical shielding, the GIPAW method reconstructsall-electron wavefunctions from their pseudo-equivalents for the smoothedvalence wavefunctions near the nucleus. The GIPAW method has beenapplied to the prediction of chemical shielding using GGA functionals in phar-maceutical small molecules such as flurbiprofen and testosterone, as an aid toassignments or to investigate structural features.107,108 The GIPAW plane wavepseudopotential method can also be used to predict EFG, and, more recently,calculations of J-coupling parameters have also become possible using thisapproach.109 The anisotropy and orientation of the J-tensors and their rela-tionship to the crystal structure can be investigated using this approach.

As an example of the GIPAW approach, the 19F chemical shielding tensorsfor Form 1 of the antifungal drug voriconazole were calculated for comparisonwith the experimental chemical shift tensor principal components determined inFigure 2.1. Prior to the GIPAW calculation in CASTEP, the hydrogen atompositions in the Form 1 crystal structure were energy-minimized using theDMol3 package.110,111 The calculation and comparison of the three principalcomponents of each 19F tensor enables a more confident resonance assignmentthan use of isotropic values alone, particularly since two of the isotropic valuesfor F2 and F3 are within 3 ppm, which challenges the accuracy of the calcu-lation. The results of the GIPAW calculation are compared to the experimentalvalues in Figure 2.8, where the principal components of the experimentalchemical shift tensor (d11, d22 and d33) are plotted against the principalcomponents of the chemical shielding tensor (sxx, syy and szz). A linearcorrelation is expected, and with the assignment shown in Figure 2.1 for F1, F2and F3, the coefficient of correlation (R2) is 0.9936, indicating excellentagreement.101 The linear plot allows for assessment of alternative assignmentsof F1, F2 and F3. If the assignments for F2 and F3 are swapped, for example,the best fit line yields a poorer fit with an R2 of 0.8958. This result enablesconfident assignment of the fluorine resonances as originally shown inFigure 2.1. As only the principal components are compared in this analysis, noinformation about the relative orientation of tensors in Form 1 of voriconazoleis experimentally available, although the predicted orientations are provided bythe GIPAW calculation.

A second example of a solid-state chemical shielding calculation using theGIPAW method is shown in Figure 2.5. Here, only diso is calculated for the 1Hnuclei in this API molecule, again using the GIPAWmethod after optimizationof the hydrogen atom positions in the crystal structure. The chemical shieldingresults from the calculation are presented as a histogram, showing 1H shieldingwithin a 0.5 ppm range after conversion to chemical shift units. Although thissimulation does not account for molecular dynamics in this hydrated API, thepredicted and experimental spectra are in relatively good agreement and helpenhance assignments.

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Other approaches to solid-state calculations have been developed. Forexample, calculations of s and V can be performed in a periodic system usingSlater-type basis sets with the ADF-BAND package.112,113 This package hasextensive features for calculations of relativistic effects. The DMol3 packageuses highly efficient numerical basis sets that enable EFG calculations on manylarge API crystal structures of interest, even though s and J cannot becalculated with this approach.110,111 However, EFG calculations are highlyuseful for studies of quadrupolar nuclei even in the absence of other parametersas the quadrupolar interaction often dominates the spectrum.114 For example,the DMol3 package was used to predict the EFG at the 2H site in the deute-rochloroform solvate of tranilast17 to compare with the fitted CQ and ZQ shownin Figure 2.2. The hydrogen atom positions and the positions of the deutero-chloroform molecules (which were disordered in the crystal structure) were firstoptimized at the HCTH/DND level of theory using only the ! point for theBrillouin zone integration. An EFG calculation was performed at same level of

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theory. From the EFG calculation, a 2H CQ of 166 kHz and ZQ of 0.01 wereobtained, in good agreement with the experimental results given in Figure 2.2,particularly considering that motional averaging effects on CQ have not beenincluded. A calculation was performed at the same level of theory to predict the35Cl EFG for the crystalline form of raloxifene HCl shown in Figure 2.3.19 Again,good agreement was obtained with a calculated CQ of –850kHz and ZQ of 0.38.

Computer simulations of nuclear spin dynamics are also valuable adjuncts tomany SSNMR studies. These simulations generally study the propagation ofthe density matrix for a particular spin system under a set of internal inter-actions (such as chemical shift tensors or dipolar couplings), MAS and an RFpulse sequence, and can also include dynamic motion.115 Several laboratorieshave developed code to perform these types of simulation. The SIMPSON(Simulation Program for Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy) program was amongthe first widely used, general purpose SSNMR simulation packages.116 TheSIMPSON system can be programmed by defining spin systems and nuclearspin interactions, which can then propagate under RF irradiation (with phasecycling and coherence-order filtering), free precession periods and signalacquisition periods.116 The Spin Evolution package is another widely usedsystem.117 These simulations can be of great use in understanding the effects ofcomplex pulse sequences such as DUMBO on complex spin systems exhibitingchemical shift, dipolar and J-coupling interactions.118 Larger scale simulationsof spin diffusion processes have also recently become possible,119 which shouldhave significant applications particularly to SSNMR studies of API dispersionsin polymer matrices. These simulations should find increasing use in studies ofcomplex multispin phenomena in crystalline small-molecule APIs.

2.2.5 Special Processing Methods

Methods for processing of SSNMR data are generally similar or identical tothose used in solution-state NMR.120 However, a number of specialized dataprocessing tools are used in SSNMR studies that are not commonlyencountered in solution-state NMR. Specialized lineshape fitting routines areused to extract anisotropic parameters and obtain the principal components oftensors of interest, such as the fits shown in Figures 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3.121–123 Moredetails about quantitative processing of SSNMR data for drug developmentapplications, including quantitative spectral analysis, deconvolution and non-linear fitting of relaxation data, can be found elsewhere.123

2.3 Applications to Drug Discovery

In the context of drug discovery, some of the studies discussed in this sectionare best described as studies of potential targets and biological mechanisms, asin the case of structural biology. Examples are also given of SSNMRapproaches to common drug-discovery activities such as lead identification andstudies of drug-target binding. SSNMR has several advantages in comparisonto solution-state NMR techniques and X-ray diffraction techniques in studies

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of biomolecular systems. There is no limitation on the mass, the solubility orthe ability to grow high-quality crystals of the biomolecule. Because themolecules are in the solid state, dynamics and exchange rates are generallyslowed in comparison to solution. The dipolar interactions observed in manySSNMR experiments scale more favorably with increasing internucleardistance than the nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) used in many solution-stateNMR studies. Finally, SSNMR also enables the study of membrane proteinsystems in their native solid forms. However, these benefits must be balancedagainst the disadvantages of SSNMR, such as limitations in the resolution ofsites with differing chemical shifts in comparison to solution-state NMR. Thissection briefly reviews SSNMR studies of biomolecules that are potentialtargets for drug discovery and special methods used for oriented samples andmetalloproteins, drug-receptor interactions and protein–protein interactions.

2.3.1 Labeled Biomolecules

SSNMR has been increasingly applied to structural studies of biomolecules thatare of interest as targets in drug discovery. Uniform, segmental or selectivelabeling of a peptide or protein with 13C, 15N, 2H or other NMR-active isotopes istypically employed in these studies. Labeling is generally achieved using conven-tional techniques also applied in solution-state NMR, such as the use of fully orselectively labeled 13C-glucose and 15N-ammonia as the carbon and nitrogensources in protein expression. Advances in stable isotope labeling techniques forsolution-state proteinNMRspectroscopy,which are also applicable inmany casestoSSNMRstudies, have recently been reviewed.124A reviewof SSNMRstudies offully labeled proteins has also been published.125 In general, SSNMR techniquesare considered in situations where proteins of interest have not been successfullycrystallized, lack solubility or are too large for solution-state NMR. This sectionfocuses on MAS studies of non-aligned samples that are typically polycrystallinepowders, although amorphous samples can also be probed but are often lesspreferable because of resonance broadening. Many SSNMR studies of biomol-ecules of interest employ aligned samples, which are discussed in Section 2.3.2.

The potential utility of SSNMR in structural studies of uniformly labeledglobular and membrane proteins was demonstrated in a number of earlystudies.125–127 One of the first examples of a complete protein structure deter-mination by SSNMR was performed on microcrystalline ubiquitin. This studyused the 13C DARR experiment to obtain 13C–13C distance restraints in combi-nationwith selective labeling, whichwere combinedwith torsional angle restraintsobtained from 13C chemical shift analyses to yield a structure with a 1 Aresolution.128 In Figure 2.9, a representative 13C CP-DARR experiment on auniformly 13C-labeled ubiquitin sample is shown.128 While this spectrum showsprimarily intraresidue correlations, it highlights the complexity observed even fora small protein. Longer-range correlations were detected using mixing times of upto 500ms and were more easily resolved using site-specific labeling.128 At longmixing times, DARR transfers magnetization more efficiently than PDSD,allowing for easier detection of interresidue contacts for structure calculations.

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REDOR, TEDOR and other related sequences have been applied to manystudies of selectively labeled biomolecules.129 For example, the FS-REDORexperiment has been used to measure 13C–15N distances in b-amyloid fibrils intheir native solid state.130–132 This has provided support for a model for thestructure of fibrils that includes hydrogen bonds between intermolecularglutamine residues and a salt bridge between an asparagine and a lysine residuerelated to a bend in the structure. Molecular models for amyloid fibrils, whichcan contribute to drug discovery, can be developed from SSNMR experiments ofthis nature, particularly when combined with lower-resolution structuralconstraints from electron microscopy and other techniques.133 Efforts have beenmade to extend the use of REDOR-based techniques to more complexbiomolecules and also to allow for simultaneous measurement of many dipolardistance restraints from a single data set. The 3D z-filtered TEDOR(ZF-TEDOR) experiment is an example of such a design.134 ZF-TEDOR hasbeen used to probe the conformation of an 11-residue amino acid sequence in theamyloidogenic protein transthyretin that was uniformly labeled with both 13Cand 15N. The results showed that this peptide fragment has a b-strand secondarystructure using 35 distance restraints in the 3 to 6 A range measured byZF-TEDOR in conjunction with torsion angles determined from experimentsthat correlated chemical shift with the dipolar tensor.134 In Figure 2.10, a section

Figure 2.9 13C–13C CP-DARR spectrum of microcrystalline uniformly 13C-labeledubiquitin obtained with a mixing time of 20ms. The spectrum showsprimarily intraresidue correlations. The experiment was performed usingnr¼ 10 kHz and B0¼ 17.6 T.Reproduced with permission from Zech et al.128 r 2005 AmericanChemical Society.

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Figure 2.10 ZF-TEDOR 13C–15N distance measurements in an 11-residue peptidefragment of transthyretin amyloid fibrils. Top: sections of the ZF-TEDOR spectrum obtained with a mixing time of 6ms, showingdistances in the 4–6 A range. Bottom: plots of the time evolution of theTEDOR signal under dipolar mixing, showing the signal evolution(points), fitted signal (solid lines) and the structural element responsiblefor the signals (right-hand structures).Reproduced with permission from Jaroniec et al.135 r 2004 NationalAcademy of Sciences of the USA.

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of the 3D ZF-TEDOR data set is shown. The intensities of the TEDOR 13C–15Ncorrelations evolve in the third (dipolar) dimension, each of which can be fitted todetermine the distances involved in the dipolar interaction as shown.

Efforts to determine the structure of important biomolecules have beenhampered by the limited number of longer-range restraints (typically45 A)available from PDSD, DARR, REDOR and other experiments. A relatively newapproach that utilizes paramagnetic metal ions to obtain longer-range distancerestraints (of 10–20 A) through PCS has now been demonstrated on a number ofsystems using labeling schemes that insert paramagnetic centers with significantanisotropy in their g-tensors and observing the shifts using otherwise conven-tional 2D SSNMR experiments such as 13C DARR.25 Paramagnetic doping hasbeen used to reduce 1H T1 and allow for rapid acquisition of uniformly labeledprotein 2D SSNMR spectra using a nr of 40kHz.136 It was shown that theexperimental time could be reduced by a factor of 5 to 20 without adverse effectson spectral quality. Small amounts of Cu(II)-EDTA were used as the para-magnetic dopant, and typically reduced 1H T1 by a factor of five or more,allowing for acquisition of 2D RF-driven dipolar recoupling (RFDR) 13C–13Cand 13C–15N solid-state NMR spectra for nanomolar quantities of microcryst-alline b-amyloid fibrils and ubiquitin within 1 to 2 days. 1H relaxation within theprotein microcrystals was enhanced through surface contact with paramagneticCu(II), with the bulk of the crystal relaxing via spin diffusion to the surface sink.

A 2DCP-HETCOR technique that detects the rate of 1H spin diffusion by wayof a X-nucleus was used to detect membrane-embedded segments of a lipidwithin rigid protein in lipid bilayers.137 This pulse sequence is also used in severalapplications in drug development as described in Section 2.4. UsingCP-HETCOR, fast spin diffusion can be observed within the rigid protein whileslow spin diffusion is observed in the mobile lipids. Membrane-embeddeddomains in the protein can be identified by the 1H spin-diffusion build-uprates from the lipid chain-end methyl groups to the protein, and simulationsof these rates allow for estimation of the insertion depth of protein segments intothe membrane. The experiment does not require oriented bilayer preparations.137

Finally, in structural studies of biomolecules of pharmaceutical relevance,SSNMR offers the unique possibility of observing protein folding andmisfolding in a manner that is not available from solution-state NMR, SCXRDor other biophysical methods because of the disordered nature of the states (i.e.a variety of intermediate folded states are simultaneously present).138 Rapidfreezing can be used to trap non-equilibrium, transient structural states on asub-millisecond time scale for SSNMR studies of these states.138

2.3.2 Oriented Biomolecules

Studies of oriented biomolecules have been of interest for many years, as theability to prepare anisotropic, oriented samples predated many of the pulsesequence developments that have allowed for access to uniformly labeledbiomolecules.139,140 Two approaches to macroscopic orientation are widelyused. Mechanical orientation involves the preparation of lipid bilayers on a flat,

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upright surface, in some cases via centrifugation, with the bilayer containing thebiomolecule of interest. Magnetic orientation relies on the negative diamagneticanisotropy of acyl chains within the lipid bilayer, which when placed in amagnetic field align perpendicular to the field.139 Additives can be used tocontrol the orientation of the bilayer. NMR experiments on oriented samplescan be carried out with or without the use of MAS, and allow for the study ofthe anisotropic chemical shift, dipolar interactions or quadrupolar coupling.The lipid bilayer dynamics and orientation can be studied using 2H and 31P aswell as other nuclei. These approaches have allowed for extensive studies ofpeptide antimicrobials in lipid membranes.140

2.3.3 Metal Sites in Proteins and Other Biological

Macromolecules

The multinuclear nature of SSNMR, and the availability of many NMR-accessible isotopes for metal nuclei of interest, enables the technique to provide auseful probe of the coordination and oxidation environment of a metal center ina biomolecule such as a metalloprotein.141 Metalloproteins have emerged asimportant targets in drug discovery.142–145 The environment of the metal centercan be a critical determinant of the function of a metalloprotein or metal-containing biomolecule.141–145 For example, many enzymes use metals tocatalyze their reactions.141 SSNMR studies of metal centers in biologicalmacromolecules often probe nuclei that are very challenging to observe,including 25Mg, 39K, 51V, 63/65Cu and 67Zn. Alkali metal ions also play a role in avariety of biological solids that can be approached using SSNMR.146 In this role,SSNMR provides another avenue to studies of the structure and function ofbioinorganic systems when single crystals are not available for SCXRDstudies.147 SSNMR is complementary to EPR and X-ray absorption finestructure (XAFS) spectroscopy, which are also widely used techniques in studiesof non-crystalline or polycrystalline metal-containing biomolecules.148–150

51V MAS of central and satellite transitions has been used to studyvanadium-containing haloperoxidases, such as a 67.5 kDa vanadium chloro-peroxidase that was examined with direct polarization magic-angle spinning(DP-MAS) methods using a nr of 15–17 kHz and a static field of 14.4 T.151 The51V site exhibited a CQ of about 10MHz and a strong chemical shift anisotropy,which were compared with DFT calculations of different active site models todetermine that the vanadate cofactor is likely anionic with an axial hydroxo-group and three equatorial hydroxo- and oxo- groups.151 These enzymes arecolorless and diamagnetic in their active state, which limits the ability of otherspectroscopic methods such as EPR to characterize the mechanism of theirefficient oxidative process. The QCPMG experiment, often performed on staticsamples at temperatures ranging from room temperature to 10K, enablesstudies of extremely challenging isotopes such as 55Mn and 67Zn in modelsystems for biomolecules of interest.152,153

Metalloproteins can be studied in great detail using the PCS approach, aswas demonstrated on a 17.6 kDa catalytic domain of matrix metalloproteinase-

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12 (MMP-12) containing 159 amino acid residues (Figure 2.11).154,155 Unlikethe metalloprotein studies described above, which are focused on under-standing the metal site, the goal in these studies is to obtain the structure of theprotein itself through PCS distance restraints. To achieve this, several hundredPCSs were observed by comparing the 2D 13C–13C PDSD spectra of theparamagnetic high-spin cobalt(II) protein with the diamagnetic zinc(II) proteinand using the resulting distances to refine a molecular structure, which wascompleted as a crystal structure after determining the unit cell parameters with

Figure 2.11 (a) 13C–13C PDSD spectrum of a microcrystalline sample of cobalt(II)-substituted matrix metalloproteinase-12 (MMP-12) obtained at 16.4 Twith nr¼ 11.5 kHz, a mixing time of 60ms and at 290K. (b) Super-position of the PDSD spectrum of the diamagnetic zinc MMP-12 (blue)with the spectrum of the paramagnetic cobalt(II) MMP-12 (red). Greenarrows indicate the paramagnetic shifts.Reproduced with permission from Balayssac et al.154 r 2007 AmericanChemical Society.

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PXRD.155 The use of these approaches in studies of metalloproteins shouldalso benefit from application of the other SSNMR approaches described as wellas other techniques that can provide structural information on paramagneticcenters, such as EPR.148

2.3.4 Drug–Receptor Interactions

During drug discovery, it is often of interest to study interactions between apotential drug and a target biomolecule. Solution-state NMR is one of themore common techniques used for this task,156 and has been of particularinterest in the field of fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) (see Chapter1).157 To date, SSNMR has been less utilized in such applications. SSNMR hasan advantage in studies of high-affinity drug-receptor binding. In these cases,the dissociation constant KD, defined as the ratio koff/kon of the off-rate koff tothe on-rate kon, is very small (typically less than 10 mM).158,159 Such systems areconsequently difficult to study by solution-state NMR because of broadenedsignals.158,159 The basic 13C CP-MAS experiment can be used to detectdrug–receptor interactions in some of these situations. When a drug is bound,1H–13C CP can occur between nuclei on the drug and the macromolecule; CP isnot observed when the drug is a free ligand and is highly mobile because ofaveraging of the dipolar interaction. 1H spin diffusion processes can alsomediate and extend the range of the interaction to 10 A or beyond. When 13CCP-MAS experiments are used, it is generally necessary to synthetically label13C positions within the small molecule drug. For example, the bindingaffinities of two transporter protein ligands were studied using 13C labeling andvariable contact time CP experiments to obtain binding constants.160 In somecases, even with 13C labeling of the drug molecule, spectral overlap may requirethe use of a 13C-depleted biomolecule. Spectral editing approaches can also beused to help identify the ligand in crowded spectra, for example by addingpolarization inversion to the CP experiment or by use of a 13C double-quantumfilter.161 In the latter study, the small-molecule transport inhibitor forskolinwas both singly and doubly labeled with 13C and was bound to galactose-H1

symport protein (GalP). A double-quantum filter performed at a lowtemperature (–35 1C) allowed for detection of forskolin-GalP interactions witheffective suppression of natural abundance GalP signals.161

Like SCXRD, SSNMR can also offer direct, high-resolution structuralinformation on the bound conformation of a flexible drug molecule. REDORexperiments in combination with selective 13C, 15N and 19F labeling of theanticancer drug paclitaxel have been used to determine its conformation whenbound to microtubules.162,163 This structural determination was not amenableto SCXRD analysis, and electron microscopy was unable to yield a high-resolution structure. The microtubules, with MDa molecular mass, provided amassive natural-abundance background against which the REDOR signalswere measured.162,163 An initial study used two 13C–19F REDORmeasurements filtered via 15N labels, and a later study used 2H–19F REDORmeasurements to avoid natural abundance background issues. The bound

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conformation identified by SSNMR for paclitaxel influenced the design of next-generation taxoids.164

Interactions between candidate drugs and DNA G-quadruplexes have alsobeen probed using REDOR experiments.165 The DNA G-quadruplex wasmimicked using short oligonucleotides labeled with methyl-13C thymidine, andas the drug candidate was a fluoroquinobenzoxazine, 19F–31P and 19F–13CREDOR experiments allowed for construction of a molecular model showingthe interaction site.165 19F–31P REDOR was also used to study the interactionof the small-molecule antibiotic distamycin with a minor groove in a syntheticoligonucleotide.166 In these studies, phosphorothioation was used to allow fordetection of specific phosphorous signals because of the chemical shiftdifferences in a phosphorous bearing a sulfur from the backbone of theoligonucleotide, where phosphorous is attached only to oxygen.

2.3.5 Protein–Protein Interactions and Interactions Between

Biomolecules

Protein–protein interactions and multiprotein complexes or assemblies regulatea variety of critical cell functions, and aberrations can cause a variety of humandiseases.167 As a result, these interactions are currently the target of significantdrug-discovery activity. SSNMR studies of protein–protein interactions haveshown potential in this challenging field, where protein–protein interactions canoften result in formation of insoluble and amorphous protein assemblies thatare not amenable to SCXRD studies, solution-state NMR or high-resolutionelectron microscopy. For example, SSNMR was used to study the RNA viralgenome in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) enclosed within a cone-shaped core assembly consisting of multiple 26.6 kDa capsid proteinmolecules.168 The assembly exhibits different morphologies and undergoes acomplex disassembly process as infection occurs. SSNMR experiments,including 13C CP-DARR spectra of uniformly 13C- and 15N-labeled capsidprotein within conical assemblies, allowed for assignment of the proteinspectrum and also showed no significant protein structural differences betweenseveral assembly morphologies.168 This study highlights the potential ofSSNMR to access detail about these challenging biomolecular assemblies thatcan drive future drug discovery. A set of pulse sequences based on 1H–15N CP-HETCOR with FSLG decoupling, dipolar dephasing and spin diffusion havebeen adapted for studies of protein–protein interactions in conjunction withdifferential isotopic labeling of different protein domains.169

The binding of a high-affinity biomolecular ligand to a target biomoleculecan be detected using 2D SSNMR experiments and related to structural re-arrangements.170 For example, 2D 13C DARR spectra of a chimeric K1 channelprotein complex, handled as a non-oriented powder, exhibited distinct effectsupon addition of kaliotoxin (a 38-residue peptide) as shown in Figure 2.12. Tosimplify the spectra, one of the biomolecules was uniformly labeled for eachbinding experiment, while the other was not, allowing for assignment of

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observed spectral changes upon binding to each molecule. These spectral effectscan be related to more distant structural changes and to local changesassociated with specific binding of kaliotoxin to the active site.170

SSNMR studies are not limited to protein–protein interactions. 31P–19FREDOR experiments were used to study the interaction between an 11-residuepeptide representing an HIV regulatory protein and a 29-mer RNA sequencerepresenting a portion of the HIV transactivation response element of interest forpotential therapeutics.171 A phosphorothioate linkage was inserted to provide the31P resonance for REDOR, while a 19F label was inserted into the oligonucleotide

Figure 2.12 Comparison of 13C CP-DARR spectra of (a–c) uniformly13C,15N-labeled kaliotoxin free (red) and bound to a chimeric K1

channel protein complex (green), and (d–f) spectra of uniformly13C,15N-labeled chimeric K1 channel protein complex (green) and thecomplex with unlabeled kaliotoxin bound (red).Reproduced with permission from Lange et al.170 r 2006 NaturePublishing Group.

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via 20-fluoro-20-deoxyuridine. The results showed a major distance change ofnearly 4 A between the two labels upon complexation with the peptide.171

2.3.6 Future Directions

Applications of SSNMR in studies that can influence drug discovery are likelyto continue to grow, and methods will likely improve as new experiments aredesigned and sensitivity increases. Multidisciplinary studies involving SSNMR,electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, EPR148 or other techniques may enablecharacterization of previously challenging biomolecular targets, such asprotein–protein complexes that are difficult to crystallize for SCXRD.Although only occasionally encountered at present, the 19F isotope has seenincreasing use in solution-state NMR studies of fluorinated proteins, whichmay ultimately translate to increased SSNMR studies of this isotope inproteins.172 The possibility of site-specific labeling of 19F coupled with uniformor specific labeling of 13C and 15N could lead to further structural insights inmany materials of interest in drug discovery, and longer-range distancerestraints for structural determinations.

2.4 Applications to Drug Development

SSNMR has been widely employed as an analytical technique during drugdevelopment in both industrial and academic settings. Several recent reviewsthat highlight the role of SSNMR in drug development have beenpublished.173–175 While SSNMR instrumentation in academia tends to beutilized for the more fundamental studies encountered in drug discovery, asdiscussed above, SSNMR instrumentation in industry tends to be used for drugdevelopment applications, and lower B0 fields tend to be more frequentlyemployed. Industrial applications include studies of polymorphism, salt andcocrystal formation, hydration and solvation, amorphous content andformulations of small-molecule therapeutics. In many cases, SSNMR studiesare focused on the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), although a growingnumber of studies are demonstrating the ability of SSNMR to tackle theanalysis of complex drug products. Studies of solid drug products, which can beembodied as a number of dosage forms such as oral tablets and capsules, drypowders for inhalation or lyophilized powders for reconstitution and injection,are often of more significance than studies of the API alone because theperformance of the drug product is critical in a clinical or commercial setting.Many of the experiments listed in Table 2.3 are commonly applied in the courseof these studies. In many cases it is beneficial to co-interpret the results ofSSNMR experiments with those of other techniques, including SCXRD,PXRD, vibrational spectroscopy and microscopy, thermal analysis methods,vapor sorption methods, particle size analysis, surface area analysis and manyother physical characterization methods.176–180

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2.4.1 Polymorphism

One of the earliest and still most frequent applications of SSNMR in drugdevelopment involves studies of polymorphic crystalline phases of the API orexcipients. Polymorphism is usually defined as the occurrence of differentcrystalline solid phases (or ‘‘forms’’) adopted by the same covalent molecularstructure.180 This phenomenon is of great interest in pharmaceutical devel-opment because of the propensity of drugs to exhibit polymorphism, andespecially because of the observation that polymorphic forms exhibit different

Table 2.3 Selected experiments used in SSNMR studies of small molecules,biopharmaceutical molecules and formulations of interest in drugdevelopment. The typical usage of each experiment is given. Severalbasic experiments are not listed here but are summarized in the text.All experiments are performed with MAS unless otherwise noted.

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properties that can affect the ultimate performance of a finished pharmaceuticalproduct. Properties such as solubility, chemical and physical stability, hygro-scopicity, compaction properties and many others are known to differ betweenpolymorphs of drugs and excipients.176,177,180 As a result, it is generally desirableto identify as many forms as possible for a drug in early development, and thendevelop API and drug product manufacturing processes that produce and thenmaintain a single chosen form throughout the shelf-life of the product. Toachieve this goal, SSNMR methods are applied for both qualitative purposes,such as for identification of a potential new form, and for quantitative purposes,where an SSNMR method is developed to detect the presence and report thequantity of one or more undesired forms in a form selected for development andmanufacture. More details can be found in dedicated reviews of SSNMR inapplications to polymorphic organic and inorganic materials.181,182

Drug molecules range in size from small molecules to large proteins andantibodies, but with very few exceptions nearly all drug molecules are organicin nature. Techniques that observe the 13C nucleus at natural abundance thusremain the default approach to the study of drug molecules. For example, basic1D 13C CP-MAS and CP-TOSS experiments have seen extensive application tothe study of polymorphism in drugs over the past 15 years.17,176,183–187 In mostapplications, the appreciable chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) of manyaromatic and carbonyl 13C sites leads to a number of spinning sidebands thatcan complicate spectral interpretation, and thus either TOSS methods or MASrates in the 12–15 kHz range are often employed when using B0 fields in therange of 9.4–11.7 T. Using these techniques, 13C CP-MAS or CP-TOSS spectraof most drug polymorphs offer excellent resolution, particularly at higher fields,and can readily discriminate between polymorphs with reasonable sensitivityusing acquisition times of several hours. Well-known examples include pred-nisolone and its 21-tert-butylacetate ester, enalapril maleate, furosemide,cyclopentathiazide and sulfathiazole.176,180,182,183 In these studies, 13C spectraare often used to elucidate differences in hydrogen bonding or molecularconformation between polymorphs.17,176,183–187 Although most typical drugpolymorphs of interest have reasonable 1H T1 values of 1–5 s, some smallermolecules have been known to exhibit very long 1H T1 values, which greatlyreduces the sensitivity of 13C CP experiments.

The detection of polymorphic impurities or other crystalline or amorphousphases besides the desired phase is an important part of the drug-developmentprocess. Phase purity is generally easy to observe by 13C SSNMR, incomparison to PXRD, because resonances that arise from similar functionalgroups generally show similar intensity even with the variable effects of CP fordifferent sites. For example, in Figure 2.13, a crystalline phase of a drugmolecule known as Form K is shown.188 Small peaks, denoted by arrows, showa suspected phase impurity. Comparison of the spectrum with 13C CP-TOSSspectra obtained after microwave heating of the sample shows the growth of thephase impurity, and allows for the conclusion that the sample of Form Kcontains Form A, which can be converted to phase-pure Form A after heating.Other methods for assessing phase purity include heteronuclear-detected 1H T1

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experiments, 2D experiments such as the DARR experiment (when anabundant nucleus such as 19F or 31P is available) or comparison of the 13Cspectra of multiple batches (which are likely to show some variation in the levelof a phase impurity). The question of phase purity also arises in studies ofsolvates, inclusion complexes, disordered systems, cocrystals and many othersystems of interest in pharmaceutical development that are discussed in latersections. The combined use of 13C and 15N CP-MAS techniques can supply moredetailed information on structural differences between polymorphs and alsoprovide greater assurance in questions of phase purity.17 15N CP-MAS offershigh specificity, readily assignable spectra and unique access to informationabout protonation state, hydrogen bonding and other structural effects forcomplex nitrogen-containing pharmaceutical compounds, as shown inFigure 2.14 for a nitrogen-containing drug candidate with a Z04 1. 13C and 15N

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chemical shift tensors have also been used to examine drug polymorphs, becausethey report on hydrogen bonding and conformation and, as previously discussed,can detect structural effects more readily in some cases than diso alone.189,190

Basic 1D 19F CP-MAS and DP-MAS experiments have been shown to bespecific and extremely sensitive in the analysis of fluorinated drugpolymorphs.191,192 Aryl fluorides generally offer the widest chemical shift rangeof the different fluorinated functional groups found in drugs.14 Trifluoromethylgroups rotate in crystalline organic solids and the consequent chemical shiftaveraging tends to offer less specificity for discriminating betweenpolymorphs,34 but they are still highly sensitive and useful when present in anAPI. The presence of fluorine in a drug, which is a frequent occurrence,193 alsoallows for other unique experiments to be applied. For example, 19F–13C CPand 1H–19F–13C double CP experiments have been used in the study of poly-morphic APIs and can provide information about molecular packing.190

An example is shown in Figure 2.15 for the previously discussed smallmolecule API, which contains a trifluoromethyl group, allowing forcomparison of the 19F–13C CP-MAS spectra of several polymorphs and ahydrate.188 The hydrate was previously subjected to a detailed structuralanalysis by SSNMR, SCXRD and other techniques.188 The spectra in

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Figure 2.15, obtained with a contact time of 5ms, show correlations between13C and 19F nuclei that are within 5–10 A, and highlight differences in packingbetween the forms.

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In spite of the resolution limitations of 1H SSNMR, direct observation of thissensitive nucleus is increasingly utilized in studies of drug polymorphs. FastMAStechniques can distinguish polymorphs in some cases,190 as can 1H MASexperiments performed with DUMBO or windowed PMLG decoupling. Thedeshielded region of the 1H spectrum is often found to be specific for individualforms because of the sensitivity of proton sites resonating in this region tohydrogen bonding differences in polymorphs. When greater resolution is needed,2D experiments can be performed such as the 1H double-quantum (DQ)experiments that were applied to the study of two polymorphs of sibenadethydrochloride.194 The crystal structure of Form I was known, while that of FormII was not known. 1H DQ build-up was examined and used to determine thatForm II had a different packing arrangement from Form I. GIPAW calculationswere used to support 1H chemical shift assignments in this study.194

Many modern SSNMR studies of polymorphism and of the phenomenadiscussed in later sections are multinuclear in nature, given the flexibility ofmodern instrumentation, and seek to take advantage of the availability of anyaccessible nucleus in a particular drug molecule.190,195 This is a uniqueadvantage of SSNMR relative to other techniques, such as PXRD, because itboth maximizes specificity and allows for selection of sensitive nuclei forquantitative analysis when needed. While the 13C, 15N, 1H and 19F nuclei haveall seen use, several emerging nuclei also have potentially wide applicability tostudies of polymorphism. For example, the 1H–14N HMQC experiment wasrecently shown to provide an efficient means to study nitrogen environments inForm A of cimetidine.58 Study of the 14N nucleus provides a more sensitive wayto probe nitrogen environments, while also giving access to the EFG at thenitrogen site in addition to the chemical shift. Nitrogen-containing functionalgroups are common in many APIs, and their study should benefit fromincreased application of this experiment. 77Se SSNMR has also been recentlydemonstrated on a selenium-containing pharmaceutical.196

2.4.2 Hydrates, Solvates, Salts and Cocrystals

Solvates are solid-state structures that include at least one type of solventmolecule in addition to a drug molecule. The solvent may be an organic solventor water, as in the case of a hydrate. Solvates may exist in multiple polymorphicphases and as phases consisting of different stoichiometric ratios between theAPI and solvent. Because of their close relationship with polymorphism,solvates are in some cases referred to as pseudopolymorphs or solvatomorphs.Organic solvates are typically easily observed by 13C SSNMR because of thedistinct carbon resonances detected for the bound solvent.182 Certain solvatedand hydrated phases exhibit a non-stoichiometric relationship between theAPI and solvent content over a range. For example, many APIs exhibitnon-stoichiometric hydration, both as a single phase and in conjunction withone or more phase changes, which can be studied in detail using SSNMRtechniques that access conventional nuclei (e.g. 13C and 15N) as well as nuclei ofspecific utility when studying water exchange (e.g. 2H and 17O).18,188,197,198

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Hydrates and solvates represent two well-known classes of multicomponentcrystals or inclusion complexes. Cocrystals represent a larger class of multi-component crystal material made up of two or more components, typically in astoichiometric ratio, where each separate component exists as a solid at roomtemperature.199 In comparison to other spectroscopic techniques, SSNMR is apowerful technique for analysis of cocrystals for two main reasons.200,201 First,SSNMR chemical shifts and chemical shift tensors allow for direct observationof the primary effects used in the design of cocrystals, including protonationstate, hydrogen bonding and aromatic p-stacking.200 Second, SSNMR tech-niques based on dipolar correlation, particularly the 1H–13C CP-HETCOR,allow for direct observation of the association between molecules on a molecularscale without the need to grow single crystals, which is important as manycocrystals are first discovered using grinding techniques.200 Recently, the 1H–14NHMQC experiment has also been shown to be an effective technique for detectionof molecular association in a cocrystal.202 This experiment offers improvedsensitivity when studying nitrogen hydrogen bonding donors and acceptors andalso allows simultaneous access to both chemical shift and EFG information.Other newly accessible nuclei, such as 35Cl, may find increasing application to thestudy of a large class of hydrochloride salts used in many pharmaceutical APIs.203

The example shown in Figure 2.3 for raloxifene HCl highlights the sensitivity andspecificity of 35Cl SSNMR in studies of HCl salts.

2.4.3 Disordered Forms

Structural disorder is often encountered in studies of crystalline APIs. Thedisorder may arise from dynamic motion of functional groups in the solidstructure over a wide range of frequencies, or may be static as in a crystallinesolid solution.204 Both are typically modeled in SCXRD studies by a series ofpartially occupied sites for each disordered atom. SSNMR can offer particularinsight into the disorder model in a solid solution and can also confirm (by 2Dmethods) that a solid solution has formed between two different compounds.205

Such a situation may be of interest in API development if a small amount ofstructurally related impurity forms a solid solution with an API crystal form, ormay also occur when the API itself exists as two molecules, as in a racemate,that form a solid solution instead of a racemic crystal or chiral conglomerate.198

Composite crystals are another class of disordered material. Compositecrystals contain multiple phases with different unit cells within the same crystal,and the ratio of the phases is generally non-stoichiometric.206,207 SSNMRstudies of pharmaceutical composite crystals can identify the presence of mixedsalt and cocrystal phases and explain unusual analytical observations fromdifferent preparations of API batches.208

2.4.4 Amorphous Drugs

Although there is significant motivation to develop a drug molecule as acrystalline form, there are a number of situations where development of an

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amorphous drug can be beneficial. Because amorphous solids exist in a higherenergy state, they can dissolve at a faster rate and help achieve supersaturatedconditions, potentially allowing for greater exposure of a poorly soluble drugmolecule. SSNMR is a critical technique in studies of amorphous solidsbecause it yields high information content in comparison to other high-resolution spectroscopic methods, such as infrared and Raman spectroscopy,and because conventional PXRD methods are only able to confirm that amaterial is amorphous, and specialized methods must be used to extract anystructural information. In contrast, the chemical shift, dipolar coupling andquadrupolar coupling interactions continue to provide structural informationin amorphous materials. Amorphous solids generally yield broad resonances intheir SSNMR spectra, which results from a range of chemical environmentspresent because of a range of molecular conformations and intra- and inter-molecular interactions. For example, Figure 2.16 shows the 13C CP-TOSSspectrum of an amorphous oligonucleotide compound that illustrates manytypical spectral features of this class of pharmaceutical molecule. Thebroadened 13C resonances in Figure 2.16 are typical of an amorphous material.However, a number of assignments can still be made and observations of othernuclei (such as 15N and 31P) can provide further insight into such materials.Oligonucleotide and antisense therapeutics, which inhibit gene expression byinterfering with translation, are an emerging class of therapeutics.209 Because oftheir molecular size (typically 5–20 kDa), and their preparation as solids vialyophilization, oligonucleotide therapeutics are likely to be amorphous when

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delivered as solids, making analysis by conventional PXRD methodsintractable, while analysis by SSNMR remains viable. A similar situationoccurs for peptide therapeutics and small molecules conjugated to largermolecules. For example, 2D 1H–13C HETCOR and 13C CP-TOSS experimentshave been used to probe secondary structure in an amorphous 3.7 kDa peptideAPI and also to detect the amorphous drug in a formulation.210

The measurement of 1H T1r relaxation is a sensitive probe of moleculardynamics in the kHz range in amorphous drugs.211 Differential scanningcalorimetry (DSC) and modulated temperature DSC are commonly used tomeasure the glass transition temperature (Tg) of amorphous drugs, which isused as a predictor of physical stability, because the amorphous glassy solidtransitions to a rubbery state above Tg that has greater potential for recryst-allization or chemical degradation. Measurement of 1H T1r values at a range oftemperatures using direct 1H observation after a spin-lock showed evidencethat the drug has increased mobility at lower temperatures, well before Tg wasobserved by DSC methods.211 This result suggests that molecular motion withfrequencies in the kHz range had already begun and could impact chemical orphysical stability. Relaxation time measurements can provide informationabout mobility in amorphous drugs that is not easily obtained with othertechniques, and which is critical because higher molecular mobility generallycorrelates with decreased chemical and/or physical stability upon long-termstorage.212

2.4.5 Excipients

Excipients serve many functions in modern drug products, ranging from simplefillers to complex functional excipients that control the ultimate performance ofthe drug product.213 Excipients can enhance membrane permeability and drugsolubility (the latter typically via promotion of supersaturation), allowing forbetter in vivo exposure for many APIs.213 Excipients can also protect drugsagainst degradation and modify the release properties of drugs.213,214 A recentreview that covers SSNMR studies of excipients in more detail is presentedelsewhere.123 Basic 13C CP-MAS spectra of many common organic andpolymeric pharmaceutical excipients have also been compiled.215 The study ofpharmaceutical excipients also offers unique opportunities for multinuclearSSNMR studies. For example, 29Si SSNMR can be used to analyze excipientsranging from silicon dioxide to more complex mesoporous silicates loaded withdrugs, 31P SSNMR can be used to study calcium phosphates and 23Na SSNMRcan be used to study sodiated excipients such as sodium starch glycolate andcroscarmellose sodium.178

Many excipients are semi-crystalline or amorphous organic polymers, andcan benefit from the ability of 13C SSNMR to observe simultaneously bothcrystalline and amorphous content. SSNMR is a well-established tool forstudies of such materials.216 In this role, SSNMR is often combined withtechniques such as modulated temperature DSC and bulk physical propertymethods to provide a more complete picture of excipient characteristics.

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SSNMR is also sensitive to differences in chemical substitution in random andblock polymers, and to differences in mobility caused by variation in watercontent.175,217 A study of sodium alginate, an amorphous excipient thatperforms a functional release-modifying role in many formulations, illustratedthe ability of 13C SSNMR in the study of structural and performance char-acteristics of polymeric excipients by detecting variations in monomercomposition, molecular weight and water content in different batches of thismaterial.218 Because polymers are continuously being developed for phar-maceutical applications and new commercial pharmaceutical products, it isexpected that SSNMR will continue to find a role in their analysis. A widevariety of lipids and lipid-like substances are also used in pharmaceuticaldevelopment. These include the commonly used lubricant magnesium stearate,which is commercially supplied as a mixture of stearate and palmitate groupsand typically contains several phases of different hydration states.219 13CSSNMR is particularly useful in studies of polymorphism and mesomorphismin these systems.

2.4.6 Formulations and Dispersions of Drugs

Although the characterization of API and excipients is an important taskduring drug development, the ultimate analytical question usually involvesthe physical state of these components and any interactions between them inthe final drug product dosage form. SSNMR offers unique specificity for thedetection of a component of interest, such as the forms of an API, within acomplex finished dosage form containing multiple excipients. Conventional 13CSSNMR techniques can be used to study the API form within a formulationwhen the API is present at sufficiently high levels (typically at least 5% w/w),because 13C spectra usually offer enough resolution to detect at least some ofthe typical aryl and carbonyl functional groups in APIs without overlap withaliphatic carbons typically found in excipients. This is advantageous incomparison to other techniques, such as PXRD, which may not have sufficientspecificity to detect a crystalline drug in the presence of crystalline excipients, orto detect an amorphous drug at all in a formulation. Natural-abundance 13CSSNMR spectra have been successfully used to identify and quantify drugpolymorphs in a variety of drug products, including tablets, ointments andinhaled powders.192,220–224 One of the earliest studies exhibited 13C CP-MASspectra of aspirin tablets.221 More recently, both 13C and high-sensitivity 19FSSNMR techniques have been used to characterize the crystalline oramorphous phase of an API present in a formulation. 13C SSNMR techniquescan detect the form present at drug loads as low as about 1% w/w in favorablecases, although a more typical level is about 5–10% w/w.192,220,224 19F SSNMRis particularly sensitive for formulations containing low drug loads, and candetect undesired forms at levels of 0.1% or lower in dosage forms (e.g. punchedoral tablets) without difficulty.191,192

A 1H-detected 2D 13C–1H CP-HETCOR experiment, performed at nr¼40 kHz with a 1.6mm probe and using the MISSISSIPPI (multiple intense

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solvent suppression intended for sensitive spectroscopic investigation ofprotonated proteins instantly) pulse sequence to suppress strong 1H signals,was shown rapidly and specifically to detect ibuprofen and acetaminophenAPIs in high drug load (460%) formulations.225 A 2D 1H DQ experimentperformed with homonuclear 1H decoupling (also referred to as the DQ-CRAMPS experiment, where CRAMPS is an acronym for combined rotationand multiple pulse sequence) also successfully detected the API form informulations, with additional specificity available from the DQ dimension.226

Relaxation time analysis using SSNMR has been shown to be indicative offormulation stability.227 2D 1H–13C CP-HETCOR and 1H–19F CP-HETCORexperiments were shown to be capable of demonstrating formation of the desiredglass solution in amorphous drug-polymer dispersions.179,228,229 The approachwas demonstrated on a range of drugs and polymers, and is effective in dispersionsformed with many polymers including polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) andhydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetate succinate (HPMC-AS), both of which arecommercially important and are used in processes developed for several marketeddrug products. Recently, the 1H–14N HMQC experiment has also been used tocharacterize hydrogen bonding and showmolecular association in a cocrystal andan amorphous dispersion through sensitive access to the nitrogen environmentand dipolar correlation to 1H nuclei.202 Other complex formulations are alsotractable using 2D SSNMR methods. For example, inclusion of a drug into acyclodextrin in an amorphous solid can be detected by the 2D 1H–13C CP-HETCOR and 2D 1H–19F CP-HETCOR experiments.230,231

2.4.7 Crystal Structure Determination

The determination of the crystal structure of small pharmaceutical moleculesusing SSNMR has been of significant interest in recent years. These efforts arerelevant because in many cases of interest, single crystals of a suitable sizecannot be grown for SCXRD analysis. Typical cases where a crystal structuremight necessarily be solved from a powder include polymorphs that are difficultto crystallize, transient solvates and hydrates or cocrystals that can only beproduced by solvent-drop grinding methods. While most crystal structuresolutions from powders are currently obtained using only PXRD methods,232

SSNMR can play an important role in supporting PXRD structure solutions,verifying structures and in some cases completely determining the structurewithout the need for PXRD analysis. The most basic SSNMR experiments,such as a simple 1D 13C CP-TOSS spectrum, can report on symmetry in acrystal phase. For example, the measurement of Z0 helps identify the spacegroup for a particular unit cell in conjunction with knowledge of typical densityof organic crystals (1.4–1.6 gmL–1). More detailed crystal symmetry and spacegroup information can be obtained from SSNMR spectra in some cases.233

Basic observation of hydrogen bonding trends (e.g. via 1H or 13C NMRchemical shifts or dipolar couplings) or conformational trends (e.g. torsionangle) can be used to help verify crystal structures.190 The chemical shift tensorcan be combined with PXRD to help evaluate the quality of crystal structures

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solved using powder methods.190,234 Individual distance determinations byREDOR (with appropriate spin labeling) can be used to assist in PXRDstructure solutions.235

In addition to a supporting role, it is possible to solve entire crystal structureswithout PXRD or other data solely from SSNMR experiments. Methods basedon the modeling of many restraints using 1H spin diffusion have beendemonstrated.236–238 These methods are based on a phenomenological ratematrix analysis approach, which incorporates both direct dipolar transfers andmultistep transfers. In these experiments, 1H spin diffusion build-up is typicallymeasured using a series of 2D experiments with a longitudinal mixing periodand DUMBO decoupling in both dimensions. A set of distance restraints isobtained and is used to produce a structure for fitting of a unit cell and spacegroup. The method has to date been employed for very small molecules, such asthymol, which are approximately 200Da or less.

2.4.8 Future Directions

SSNMR is currently an established technique in industrial settings with manyapplications. However, because of high costs, most pharmaceutical firms havepurchased only a limited number of SSNMR instruments in comparison toPXRD instruments and other solid-state analytical tools. The expense ofSSNMR instrumentation relative to that of PXRD and vibrational spec-troscopic instrumentation provides an impetus for finding additional uses ofSSNMR that go beyond providing an orthogonal ‘‘fingerprint’’ using 13Cspectral data.175 For this reason, the future direction of SSNMR in phar-maceutical development is expected to focus increasingly on the use of moredetailed structural characterization methods, such as the 2D SSNMR methodsdescribed above, which distinguish SSNMR from other competing techniques.This could lead to industrial SSNMR instruments that are equipped withhigher-field magnets and a range of specialized probes. These configurationscould also approach that needed for many of the aforementioned drug-discovery applications of SSNMR, potentially allowing a greater range ofdiscovery studies to be performed in the industrial setting as well.

2.5 Conclusions

SSNMR is a powerful tool for analysis of the structure and dynamics ofsystems of interest in drug discovery and development. Continuedadvancement of new experimental methods and pulse sequences, coupled withincreasing availability of static fields exceeding 21T and MAS rates in excess of70 kHz, have allowed for more complex systems of interest to be studied. Theability to determine the structures of proteins in the solid state has beendemonstrated, and an increasing number of studies have tackled complexinteractions between drugs and biomolecules and between multiple biomol-ecules. In drug development, complex formulations can be analyzed in detail bySSNMR, in many cases allowing for detection of every component of a

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formulation and observation of interactions between the components.Increased use of 1H and 19F SSNMR techniques is expected, particularly indrug-development applications, because of the sensitivity and availability ofthese isotopes in many drug candidates. Increased sensitivity during MASexperiments through cryogenic cooling of probe electronics or otherapproaches, such as DNP, are also expected, and the trend towards higher B0

will likely continue even as low-field systems continue to provide value. Finally,multidisciplinary studies using SSNMR with other techniques may becomemore common as acceptance increases and more difficult challenges in drugdiscovery and development are attempted.

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