Salt forms of [R-(R*,R*)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-beta, delta-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid
View Patent ↗Novel salt forms of [R—(R*,R*)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-β,δ-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid characterized by their X-ray powder diffraction pattern and solid-state NMR spectra are described, as well as methods for the preparation and pharmaceutical composition of the same, which are useful as agents for treating hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and Alzheimer's Disease.
1. A compound selected from the group consisting of:
(a) Form A atorvastatin diethylamine having an x-ray powder diffraction pattern containing the following 2θ peaks measured using CuK α radiation: 17.0, 18.2, 20.0, 21.7, and 23.0; and
(b) Form B atorvastatin diethylamine having an x-ray powder diffraction pattern containing the following 2θ peaks measured using CuK α radiation: 6.1, 11.5, 15.3, 17.4, 20.5, 23.2, and 27.6.
2. A Form A atorvastatin diethylamine having an x-ray powder diffraction pattern containing the following 2θ peaks measured using CuK α radiation: 7.0, 8.2, 10.8, 12.3, 13.3, 14.4, 16.1, 16.5, 17.0, 18.2, 18.4, 19.4, 20.0, 21.0, 21.7, 22.3, 23.0, 24.3, 25.1, 25.4, 26.3, 26.8, 28.4.
3. A Form B atorvastatin diethylamine having an x-ray powder diffraction pattern containing the following 2θ peaks measured using CuK α radiation: 6.1, 7.0, 8.3, 10.8, 11.5, 12.2, 12.5, 13.4, 14.5, 15.3, 16.1, 16.6, 16.8, 17.4, 17.9, 18.4, 18.7, 19.3, 20.5, 21.0, 22.3, 23.2, 24.6, 25.4, 25.9, 26.4, 27.6, 29.2, 31.2, and 32.8.