Communications Chemistry (Jan 2023)

Direct structure determination of vemurafenib polymorphism from compact spherulites using 3D electron diffraction

  • Shuting Li,
  • Molly Lightowler,
  • Xiao Ou,
  • Siyong Huang,
  • Yifan Jiang,
  • Xizhen Li,
  • Xiaodong Zou,
  • Hongyi Xu,
  • Ming Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-022-00804-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The spherulite morphology is common among crystalline materials and melt-crystallized products, however, the structural determination of spherulites by X-ray diffraction remains difficult due to their polycrystalline nature. Here, the authors report the direct structure determination of the polymorphism of vemurafenib in compact spherulite form using 3D electron diffraction.