文摘
Solvent-mediated polymorphic transformation (SMPT) of the α-form into the β-form of taltirelin (TTL) in seeded crystallization was investigated. The kinetics of polymorph transformation of the TTL was found to be a three-dimensional growth of nuclei mechanism by the Avrami-Erofeev equation. The transformation from the α-form into the β-form was also studied by crystallization adding α-form seeds in solution. The effects of seed loading amount, temperature, supersaturation, and transformation time on polymorph transformation were evaluated. Seeded crystallization using α-form crystals as a seed nucleated the α-form TTL and then transformed the α-form into the β-form. The transformation rate was controlled by adjusting supersaturation.