Preferential crystallisation and comparative crystal growth study between pure enantiomer and racemic mixture of a chiral molecule: 5-ethyl-5-methylhydantoin

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2281-2294

  Bellies, Stéphane ^a   Cardinael, Pascal ^a   Ndzié, Elias ^a   Petit, Samuel ^a   Coquerel, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Counter enantiomer; Crystal growth; Morphology prediction; Preferential crystallisation; Solvent effect; Wetting agent

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NUCLEATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUPERSATURATION; WATER; WETTING;

RACEMIC MIXTURES;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 0035938138     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00442-5     Document Type: Article

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