Issue 24, 2019

Tuning crystallization and stability of the metastable polymorph of dl-methionine by a structurally similar additive

Abstract

Crystal engineering is aimed at controlling the crystal forms and desired properties from the view of molecular engineering, which is important for the production of high-value-added products. DL-Methionine (DL-met) usually crystallizes in a concomitant mixture with the known metastable α-form and stable β-form from a pure aqueous solution. In this contribution, we first applied molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study the effects of the tailor-made additive and found that DL-leucine (DL-leu) might enable us to stabilize the metastable form. To validate our idea, we performed experiments including cooling crystallization with isothermal and non-isothermal methods, nucleation induction time measurements, solvent-mediated phase transformation and crystal growth rate measurements. It was found that on increasing the concentration of DL-leu, the nucleation of the β-form and the transformation of the α-form were hindered. When the concentration of DL-leu reached above 0.02 mol L−1, hexagonal crystals other than foliaceous crystals could be obtained. Hence, the metastable α-form of DL-met with fine crystal habits and high temporal stability was prepared.

Graphical abstract: Tuning crystallization and stability of the metastable polymorph of dl-methionine by a structurally similar additive

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 जनवरी 2019
Accepted
09 मई 2019
First published
09 मई 2019

CrystEngComm, 2019,21, 3731-3739

Tuning crystallization and stability of the metastable polymorph of DL-methionine by a structurally similar additive

Z. Li, P. Shi, Y. Yang, P. Sun, Y. Wang, S. Xu and J. Gong, CrystEngComm, 2019, 21, 3731 DOI: 10.1039/C9CE00009G

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