Supplementary Material S3. Experimental and optimised unit cell parameters for the materials examined using the Dreiding (Gasteiger charges) force field. Percentage deviations are shown in brackets. Deviations greater than 5% are shown in bold.

Material / Experimental unit cell parameters / Optimised unit cell parameters / lattice energy (kcal/mol)
a (Å) / b (Å) / c (Å) / α (0) / β (0) / γ (0) / a (Å) / b (Å) / c (Å) / α (0) / β (0) / γ (0)
Ibuprofen / 14.67 / 7.89 / 10.73 / 90.00 / 99.44 / 90.00 / 15.27
(-4.1%) / 7.71
(2.2%) / 10.72 (0.1%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 95.16 (4.3%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / -115.43
Aspirin / 11.23 / 6.54 / 11.23 / 90.00 / 95.89 / 90.00 / 11.18 (0.4%) / 6.90
(-5.6%) / 11.5
(-2.1%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 97.36
(-1.5%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / -125.44
Paracetamol - I / 7.09 / 9.26 / 11.66 / 90.00 / 97.67 / 90.00 / 7.50
(-5.8%) / 9.06
(2.2%) / 11.64 (0.1%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 97.84
(-0.2%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / -140.82
Lactose monohydrate / 7.98 / 21.56 / 4.82 / 90.00 / 109.6 / 90.00 / 7.85 (1.6%) / 20.57 (4.6%) / 5.60
(-16.2%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 110.3
(-0.6%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / -33.64
Adipic acid / 7.18 / 5.15 / 10.02 / 90.00 / 111.1 / 90.00 / 7.32
(-2.0%) / 5.02
(2.6%) / 10.56
(-5.4%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 108.4 (2.4%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / -66.78
Sucrose / 7.72 / 8.68 / 10.82 / 90.00 / 103.00 / 90.00 / 7.98
(-3.4%) / 8.98
(-3.4%) / 11.23
(-3.8%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 104.9
(-1.8%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / -6.92
Theophylline / 24.61 / 3.83 / 8.50 / 90.00 / 90.00 / 90.00 / 25.73
(-4.5%) / 3.94
(-3.0%) / 8.43
(0.9%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 90.00 / 90.00 (0.0 %) / -105.77
Phenacetin / 13.32 / 9.62 / 7.73 / 90.00 / 103.99 / 90.00 / 13.83
(-3.8%) / 9.48
(1.4%) / 7.94
(-2.8%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 106.3
(-2.3) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / -146.13
Tolbutamide / 20.16 / 14.95 / 6.79 / 90.00 / 97.83 / 90.00 / 24.94
(-23.0%) / 9.22
(-0.5%) / 6.38 (18.7%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 90.00 / 90.00 (0.0 %) / -303.92
Sulfadiazine / 13.68 / 5.82 / 14.80 / 90.00 / 115.04 / 90.00 / 13.67 (0.1%) / 5.99
(-2.9%) / 15.14
(-2.3%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 114.6 (0.4%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / -260.00
Sulfathiazole - IV / 10.87 / 11.46 / 8.54 / 90.00 / 90.00 / 91.87 / 11.25
(-3.5%) / 11.53 9
(-0.6%) / 8.50
(0.5%) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 90.00 (0.0 %) / 84.87 (7.6%) / -152.02