%0 Journal Article
%A Viedma Molero, Cristóbal
%A Lennox, Cameron
%A Cuccia, Louis A.
%A Cintas Moreno, Pedro
%A Ortiz, José E.
%T Pasteur made simple – mechanochemical transformation of racemic amino acid crystals into racemic conglomerate crystals
%D 2020
%@ 1359-7345, ESSN: 1364-548X
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6260
%X Conglomerate crystallization is required for many deracemization or enantioenrichment protocols. Here, we report the metal-mediated mechanochemical transformation of racemic compounds of some proteinogenic amino acids – valine, leucine and isoleucine – into their corresponding conglomerates. Specifically, ZnO has the ability to promote and stabilize the conglomerate phase of these amino acids to an extent where the racemic compound is not observed.
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