The synthesis and characterization of a series of cocrystals of an isoniazid derivative with butan-2-one and propan-2-one.

Four cocrystals containing N'-(butan-2-ylidene)pyridine-4-carbohydrazide (izbt) and one cocrystal containing N'-isopropylideneisonicotinohydrazide (izact) were synthesized by reacting isoniazid with either butan-2-one (for the former) or acetone (for the latter). The coformers used to synthesize the izbt cocrystals were 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2-chloro-4-nitrobenzoic acid and 1-naphthoic acid. 1-Naphthoic acid was also used with izact to form a cocrystal. The 1:1 cocrystals are: N'-(butan-2-ylidene)pyridine-4-carbohydrazide-1-naphthoic acid (izbt-1nta), C10 H13 N3 O·C11 H8 O2 , N'-(butan-2-ylidene)pyridine-4-carbohydrazide-2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid (izbt-2,4-dhba), C10 H13 N3 O·C7 H6 O4 , N'-(propan-2-ylidene)pyridine-4-carbohydrazide-1-naphthoic acid (izact-1nta), C9 H11 N3 O·C11 H8 O2 , N'-(butan-2-ylidene)pyridine-4-carbohydrazide-2-chloro-4-nitrobenzoic acid (izbt-2c4n), C10 H13 N3 O·C7 H4 ClNO4 , and N'-(butan-2-ylidene)pyridine-4-carbohydrazide-2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (izbt-2,5-dhba), C10 H13 N3 O·C7 H6 O4 . The cocrystals containing izbt were compared to those containing the same (or similar) coformers with izact that have been reported either here or in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). Most of the cocrystals showed different packing despite having the same hydrogen-bonding motifs. The cocrystals were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD), powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).