Issue 24, 2004
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Chemical Communications

Formation of racemic crystals of transition metal complexes by grinding 1 ∶ 1 mixtures of enantiomeric crystals†

Asao Nakamura,*a   Tomohiro Satoa  and  Reiko Kuroda*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Kuroda Chiromorphology Project, ERATO, JST, 4-7-6 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0041, Japan
E-mail: asao@chiromor.jst.go.jp
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b Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
E-mail: ckuroda@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Abstract

Grinding a 1 ∶ 1 enantiomeric mixture of chiral transition metal complex crystals and subsequent annealing afforded crystals of a racemic compound by diffusion and rearrangement of component molecules, without melting and without racemization of each enantiomeric species.

Graphical abstract: Formation of racemic crystals of transition metal complexes by grinding 1 ∶ 1 mixtures of enantiomeric crystals

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B409006C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Jun 2004
Accepted
08 Sep 2004
First published
25 Oct 2004

Chem. Commun., 2004, 2858-2859

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Formation of racemic crystals of transition metal complexes by grinding 1 ∶ 1 mixtures of enantiomeric crystals

A. Nakamura, T. Sato and R. Kuroda, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2858 DOI: 10.1039/B409006C

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