Selective detection and quantitation of organic molecule crystallization by second harmonic generation microscopy.
Second order nonlinear optical imaging of chiral crystals (SONICC) was applied to selectively detect crystal formation at early stages and characterize the kinetics of nucleation and growth. SONICC relies on second harmonic generation (SHG), a nonlinear optical effect that only arises from noncentosymmetric ordered domain structures, which include crystals of chiral molecules. The model systems studied include pharmaceutically relevant compounds: griseofulvin and chlorpropamide. SONICC demonstrates low detection limits producing an 8 order of magnitude improvement relative to macroscopic average techniques and 5 order of magnitude improvement relative to optical microscopy. SONICC was also applied to examine the kinetics of crystallization in amorphous griseofulvin. The results show that SONICC enables simultaneous monitoring of individual crystal growth, nucleation rate, and macroscopic crystallization kinetics.
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
Duangporn
D
Wanapun
Umesh S
US
Kestur
David J
DJ
Kissick
Garth J
GJ
Simpson
Lynne S
LS
Taylor
D002747:Chlorpropamide / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D006118:Griseofulvin / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D006118:Griseofulvin; D002747:Chlorpropamide