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Nucleation behaviour of racemic and enantiopure histidine

Simon Clevers
Gérard Coquerel
Ivo B. Rietveld

Abstract

Nucleation of DL-and L-histidine is examined using induction time measurements and their nucleation rates have been deduced. Results indicate a much slower nucleation for the racemic form compared to the pure enantiomer form. The effect of temperature and supersaturation on the nucleation rate is also described. Classical nucleation theory (CNT) is used to determine the interfacial energy, the nucleation energy barrier, and the nucleus size for both compounds. The large difference between the nucleation rates for the pure enantiomer and the racemic compound have so far not led to satisfactory preferential crystallization; however second harmonic generation analysis demonstrates the presence of non-centrosymmetric domains embedded within the racemic crystals implying that improving control over the nucleation conditions may lead to more efficient preferential crystallisation and symmetry breaking.
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hal-03426116 , version 1 (12-11-2021)

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Lina C Harfouche, Simon Clevers, Gérard Coquerel, Ivo B. Rietveld. Nucleation behaviour of racemic and enantiopure histidine. CrystEngComm, 2021, ⟨10.1039/d1ce01199e⟩. ⟨hal-03426116⟩
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