Crystalline salt form of an antidiabetic compound
View Patent ↗A novel crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt form of a selective PPAR gamma partial agonist which has a fused bicyclic aromatic group attached to an oxypropanoic acid moiety is stable and non-hygroscopic. The crystalline salt form is useful for making pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, and dyslipidemia.
1. The compound (2S)-2-({6-chloro-3-[6-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-propylpyridin-3-yl]-1,2-benzisoxazol-5-yl}oxy)propanoic acid having formula I:
characterized as being a crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt.
2. The crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt of claim 1 having one or more spectral characteristics selected from the X-ray powder diffraction pattern, a solid-state carbon-13 CPMAS nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum, and a differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) curve.
3. The compound of claim 1 characterized as being a crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt having X-ray powder diffraction peaks corresponding to d-spacings of 13.52, 6.92, and 6.24 angstroms.
4. The compound of claim 1 characterized as being a crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt having X-ray powder diffraction peaks corresponding to d-spacings of 9.93, 5.73 and 4.59 angstroms.
5. The compound of claim 1 characterized as being a crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt having X-ray powder diffraction peaks corresponding to d-spacings of 8.43, 5.54 and 3.53 angstroms.
6. The compound of claim 1 characterized as being a crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt having peaks in the solid-state carbon-13 CPMAS nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum having chemical shift values of 109.5, 14.5, 71.2, and 150.4 p.p.m.
7. The compound of claim 1 characterized as being a crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt having peaks in the solid-state carbon-13 CPMAS nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum having chemical shift values of 32.9, 156.1, 20.8, and 122.4 p.p.m.
8. The compound of claim 1 characterized as being a crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt having peaks in the solid-state carbon-13 CPMAS nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum having chemical shift values of 141.2, 18.2, and 173.2 p.p.m.
9. The compound of claim 1 characterized as being a crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt having an endotherm in the differential calorimetry scan with an onset temperature of 233.6° C. and a peak temperature of 235.3° C.
10. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the crystalline anhydrous toluenesulfonic acid salt of claim 1 in association with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients.
11. The toluenesulfonic acid salt of (2S)-2-({6-chloro-3-[6-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-propylpyridin-3-yl]-1,2-benzisoxazol-5-yl}oxy)propanoic acid having formula Ia: