FT-IR study on interactions between medroxyprogesterone acetate and solvent in CHCl3/cyclo-C6H12 and CCl4/cyclo-C6H12 binary solvent systems

The intermolecular interactions between medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) and CHCl3 and CCl4 solvent in CHCl3/cyclo-C6H12 and CCl4/cyclo-C6H12 binary solvent systems have been studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The experimental results showed that there are hydrogen bonding interactions between oxygen atoms of all carbonyl groups in MPA and hydrogen atom of CHCl3 so as to form 1:3 complex of MPA with CHCl3 and produce three new absorption bands at 1728.9-1736.1, 1712.7-1717.4 and 1661.9-1673.8 cm(-1), respectively. And, 1:1 complex of MPA with CCl4 is formed in CCl4/cyclo-C6H12 binary solvent as a result of hydrogen bonding interaction between C-3 carbonyl group and empty d-orbital in chlorine atom of CCl4 leading to producing new absorption band at 1673.2-1674.2 cm-1. However, all free carbonyl and associated carbonyl stretching vibrations of MPA in CHCl3/cyclo-C6H12 and CCl4/cyclo-C6H12 binary solvent systems shift to lower wavenumbers with the increasing of volume fraction of CHCl3 and CCl4 in binary solvent systems owing to the dipole-dipole interaction and the dipole-induced dipole interaction between MPA and solvents. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.