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Curcumin (CUR) is a commonly used pharmaceutical with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-cancer effects, but its solubility in water is relatively low. In recent years, pharmaceutical co-crystal has been an effective method of enhancing the solubility of limited water-soluble pharmaceuticals. Based on this, terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) is used to study the THz spectra of curcumin-catechol co-crystal. Firstly, the experimental spectra of curcumin, catechol (CTL), their physical mixture and their co-crystal are measured in a range of 0.5–3.5 THz, respectively. The experimental data show that CUR obtains six THz absorption peaks, while CTL possess three THz absorption peaks, the physical mixture obtains four absorption peaks, and their CUR-CTL co-crystal obtains three absorption peaks. These results indicate that THz-TDS can effectively identify curcumin, catechol and their co-crystals. The fact that the absorption peak at 3.31 THz obtained in co-crystal is entirely different from those of raw materials, implying that new weak interactional forces are generated between CUR molecule and CTL molecule, the co-crystal forms a new three-dimensional structure compared with their raw materials. These results are also verified by X-ray diffraction spectra of raw material and their Co-crystal. Moreover, four possible theoretical forms of curcumin-catechol co-crystal are optimized and simulated by using density functional theory (DFT). The calculated results indicate that the data of co-crystal form III are in good agreement with the experimental spectrum, and the simulation effectively reconstructs the experimental spectrum. So it can be inferred that the co-crystal is formed through the hydrogen bond between the carbonyl C10=O3 of CUR and the hydroxy O61-H55 of CTL. In addition, depending on the good match between experimental data and theoretical results, it is found that the three absorption peaks in the co-crystal do not origin from the action of a single molecule, but the joint action of the functional groups of the two molecules under the driving by the hydrogen bond. The existence of weak interaction forces, such as the hydrogen bond, not only changes the structural parameters of the two molecules, but also reestablishes a new intermolecular force, which then affects the interactional motions of the co-crystal. This fact directly leads the CUR-CTL co-crystal to exhibit THz absorption peaks different from those of raw materials in the THz band.
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Keywords:
- curcumin /
- co-crystal /
- terahertz wave /
- absorption spectrum
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图 1 CUR (a)与CTL (b)的分子结构
Figure 1. Molecular Structure of CUR (a) and CTL (b).
图 2 CUR, CTL, CUR-CTL物理混合、CUR-CTL共晶的THz谱
Figure 2. THz spectra of CUR, CTL, CUR-CTL physical mixing, and CUR-CTL co-crystal.
图 3 CUR, CTL, CUR-CTL共晶的X衍射实验谱
Figure 3. X-ray diffraction experimental spectra of CUR, CTL, and CUR-CTL co-crystal.
图 4 CUR-CTL共晶分子结构 (a)晶型Ⅰ; (b)晶型Ⅱ; (c)晶型Ⅲ; (d)晶型Ⅳ
Figure 4. Molecular structures of CUR-CTL co-crystal: (a) Form I; (b) form II; (c) form III; (d) form Ⅳ.
图 5 CUR-CTL共晶的实验与模拟THz图谱
Figure 5. Experimental and simulated THz spectra of CUR-CTL co-crystal.
图 6 CUR-CTL共晶在不同峰位的振动模式 (a) 1.03 THz; (b) 1.95 THz; (c) 3.34 THz
Figure 6. Vibrational modes of CUR-CTL co-crystal at different peaks: (a) 1.03 THz; (b) 1.95 THz; (c) 3.34 THz.
表 2 CUR-CTL共晶体实验和理论计算数据
Table 2. The results of experimental and calculated data of CUR-CTL co-crystal.
Frequency/THz Vibrational mode Expt. Theo. 1.03 1.03 Bending of C34—C10—C32, Out-of-plane oscillation of R2 and R2, In plane oscillation of CTL 1.95 1.95 Out of plane torsion of -C16H3 and R2, Out of plane rocking oscillation of CTL 3.31 3.34 The stretching vibration of hydrogen bond C10=O30···H55—O61, Swing of C30—C32—C10, Out-of-plane oscillation of R2 and R1 
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[1] Kulkarni A, Shete S, Hol V, Bachhav R 2020 AJPS 13 104
Google Scholar
[2] Prabhakar P, Giridhar S 2019 Indian J. Pharm. Educ. 53 563
Google Scholar
[3] Novena L. M, Athimoolam S, Anitha R, Bahadur S A 2021 J. Mol. Struct. 1249 2022
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[5] George C P, Thorat S H, Shaligram P S, Suresha P R, Gonnade R G 2020 Crystengcomm 22 6137
Google Scholar
[6] Sakamoto N, Tsuno N, Koyama R, Gato K, Titapiwatanakun V, Takatori K, Fukami T 2021 Chem. Pharm. Burl. 69 1995
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Duan T C, Yan S j, Zhao Y, Sun T Y, Li Y G, Zhu Z 2021 Acta Phys. Sin. 70 248702
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Zheng Z P, Liu Y H, Zeng F, Zhao S Y, Zhu L P 2023 Acta Phys. Sin. 72 083201
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[13] Wang P F, Zhao J T, Zhang Y M, Zhu Z J, Liu L Y, Zhao H G, Yang X C, Yang X N, Sun X H, He M G 2022 Int. J. Pharmaceut. 620 121759
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Google Scholar
[19] Sakineh M, Ali H A, Pouya M 2020 Chromatographia 83 1293
Google Scholar
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Cheng G L, Deng G Y, Jiang C J 2018 Chin. J. Mod. Drug App. 35 5
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[21] Ribas M M, Sakata G S, Santos A E, Magro C D, Aguiar G P, Vladimir M L 2019 J. Supercrit. Fluid. 152 104564
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[22] Indumathi S, Jenna S M, Sohrab R, Sameer D V 2018 J. Chem. Data. 63 3652
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Deng C Y, Jiang C J 2018 J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. B 30 16
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[24] Roothan C C 1951 Rev. Mod. Phys. 23 69
Google Scholar
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[28] Hjorth H T, Jan K, Arvid M, Bertil S, Znzell C R, Eric J B 1982 Acta Chem. Sca. 36 475
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[29] Wunderlich H, Mootz D 1971 Acta Cry. Sect. B 27 1684
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