Smart urea ionic co-crystals with enhanced urease inhibition activity for improved nitrogen cycle management

Lucia Casali; Luca Mazzei; Oleksii Shemchuk; Kenneth Honer; Fabrizia Grepioni; Stefano Ciurli; Dario Braga; Jonas Baltrusaitis

doi:10.1039/C8CC03777A

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Smart urea ionic co-crystals with enhanced urease inhibition activity for improved nitrogen cycle management†

Lucia Casali,

^a Luca Mazzei,

^b Oleksii Shemchuk,

^a Kenneth Honer,^c Fabrizia Grepioni,

*^a Stefano Ciurli,

*^b Dario Braga

^a and Jonas Baltrusaitis

*^c

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^a Molecular Crystal Engineering Laboratory, Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
E-mail: fabrizia.grepioni@unibo.it

^b Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Viale Giuseppe Fanin 40, 40127 Bologna, Italy
E-mail: stefano.ciurli@unibo.it

^c Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, 111 Research drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
E-mail: job314@lehigh.edu

Abstract

A smart ionic co-crystal of urea with KCl and ZnCl₂ has been obtained in two polymorphic modifications via mechanochemical and solution methods and proven to be a very efficient urease inhibitor while, simultaneously, able to provide soil nutrients to complement N supply.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC03777A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 10 May 2018
Accepted: 13 Jun 2018
First published: 14 Jun 2018

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Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 7637-7640

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L. Casali, L. Mazzei, O. Shemchuk, K. Honer, F. Grepioni, S. Ciurli, D. Braga and J. Baltrusaitis, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 7637 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC03777A

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