Dario Braga

The structure–property relationship of four crystal forms of rifaximin

Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni, Laura Chelazzi, Manuela Campana, Donatella Confortini and Giuseppe C. ViscomiReceived 8th June 2012, Accepted 3rd August 2012DOI: 10.1039/c2ce25920f The crystal structures of four crystal forms of rifaximin, named alpha, beta, delta and epsylon have been elucidated by a combination of single crystal and powder diffraction experiments with synchrotron and X-ray sources. […]

The relevance of crystal forms in the pharmaceutical field: sword of Damocles or innovation tools?

Dario Braga, Lucia Casali and Fabrizia Grepioni Department of Chemistry G. Ciamician, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Abstract: This review is aimed to provide to an “educated but non-expert” readership an overview of the scientific, commercial, and ethical importance of investigating crystalline forms (polymorphs, hydrates and co-crystals) of active pharmaceutical ingredients […]

Steps Towards a Nature Inspired Inorganic Crystal Engineering

Fabrizia Grepioni,* Lucia Casali, Cecilia Fiore, Luca Mazzei, Renren Sun, Oleksii Shemchukd and Dario Braga* Crystal engineering is used for properties modification of organic solids via cocrystallization with inorganic salts, to tackle chiral resolution, enzyme inhibition and antimicrobial resistance within a frame of cross-disciplinary scientific expertise.

Crystal engineering: from promise to delivery

Twenty years ago, I wrote a Chem. Commun. feature article entitled ‘‘Crystal Engineering: where from?Where to?’’: an update is in order. In this Highlight I argue that molecular crystal engineering, one of theareas of fast development of the field, has definitely reached the stage of ‘‘delivering the goods’’: newfunctional materials assembled via non-covalent interactions and/or […]

Mechanochemical preparation of cocrystals Chem Soc Rev 2013

Review on mechanochemistry and cocrystals – also abundantly cited Dario Braga,* Lucia Maini and Fabrizia GrepioniThe preparation of co-crystals via mechanochemistry combines the quest for clean and green processes with the investigation of multicomponent new materials, among the currently most fashionable systems in the crystal engineering field: the physico-chemical properties of the components add, merge […]

Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis Chem Rev 2012

This is our most cited paper to date – Co-authored by Stuart L. James,*a Christopher J. Adams,b Carsten Bolm,c Dario Braga,d Paul Collier,e Tomislav Frisˇcˇic´, f Fabrizia Grepioni,d Kenneth D. M. Harris,g Geoff Hyett,h William Jones,f Anke Krebs,c James Mack,i Lucia Maini,d A. Guy Orpen,b Ivan P. Parkin,j William C. Shearouse,i Jonathan W. Steedk and […]