Modification of the Supramolecular Hydrogen-Bonding Patterns of Acetazolamide in the Presence of Different Cocrystal Formers: 3:1, 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2 Cocrystals from Screening with the Structural Isomers of Hydroxybenzoic Acids, Aminobenzoic Acids, Hydroxybenzamides, Aminobenzamides, Nicotinic Acids, Nicotinamides, and 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic Acids

Acetazolamide (ACZ) has been combined via liquid-assisted grinding in water with a library of cocrystal formers derived from benzoic and nicotinic acid, which provided novel cocrystals with 2-hydroxybenzamide, 2-aminobenzamide, picolinamide, and 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid. The cocrystalline phases were identified first by XRPD analysis and then structurally characterized by IR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. These cocrystals and the previously reported cocrystalline phases obtained from 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and nicotinamide constitute a series of six cocrystals of varied stoichiometric ratios (3:1, 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2), which allowed for a profound analysis of the structural and chemical factors that govern their formation. The structural analysis has shown that the ACZ molecules participate in the dominant hydrogen-bonding patterns within the crystal structures: three cocrystal structures exhibit extended supramolecular aggregates of ACZ having channels, pores, or semispherical ...