文摘
Nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) is used as a method for the characterization of cocrystals and crystal polymorphs. 14N NQR spectra of several cocrystals of carbamazepine have been measured together with the 14N NQR spectra of cocrystal formers. The results show that the 14N NQR spectrum of a cocrystal and the 14N NQR spectra of cocrystal formers differ well outside the experimental resolution. It is further described how the NQDR techniques, that have been used to measure the 14N NQR frequencies, can be used to check the homogeneity of a polycrystalline sample and to monitor the stability of a metastable crystal polymorph.