Lamellar racemic twinning as an obstacle for the resolution of enantiomers by crystallization: The case of Me(All)N+(CH2Ph)Ph X- (X = Br, I) salts

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 107, Issue 48, 2003, Pages 13523-13531

  Torbeev, Vladimir Yu ^a   Lyssenko, Konstantin A ^b   Kharybin, Oleg N ^a   Antipin, Mikhail Yu ^b   Kostyanovsky, Remir G ^a  

^a SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; POSITIVE IONS; SALTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TWINNING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AMMONIUM SALTS; CONGLOMERATE; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ENANTIOMERIC COMPOSITION; ENANTIOMERS; LAMELLAR RACEMIC TWINNING;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0348207685     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp035588l     Document Type: Article

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