Salts and crystalline forms of an apoptosis-inducing agent
Salts and crystalline forms of 4-(4-{[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl]methyl}piperazin-1-yl)-N-({3-nitro-4-[(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylmethyl)amino]phenyl}-sulfonyl)-2-(1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-5-yloxy)benzamide are suitable active pharmaceutical ingredients for pharmaceutical compositions useful in treatment of a disease characterized by overexpression of one or more anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, for example cancer.
1. A compound 4-(4-{[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl]methyl}piperazin-1-yl)-N-({3-nitro-4-[(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylmethyl)amino]phenyl}sulfonyl)-2-(1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-5-yloxy)benzamide (Compound 1) in a crystalline form, wherein the crystalline form is Compound 1 free base hydrate, characterized by a powder X-ray diffraction pattern having five or more peaks selected from those at 5.8, 7.6, 7.9, 10.7, 11.7, 14.0, 15.3, 15.8, 17.4, 18.3, 19.9, 20.4, 20.7, 22.5, 24.9, 25.8, and 26.7 degrees 2θ (pattern C), each peak being ±0.2 degrees 2θ, when measured at about 25° C. with Cu K α radiation at 1.54178 Å.
2. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of claim 1 and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.