Cocrystallization out of the blue: DL-mandelic acid/ethyl-DL-mandelate cocrystal

Natalia Tumanova, Ricky Payen, Géraldine Springuel, Bernadette Norberg, Koen Robeyns, Cécile Le Duff, Johan Wouters, Tom Leyssens

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This work focuses on a peculiar behavior of racemic mandelic acid in ethanol solution. Dissolution of racemic mandelic acid in ethanol followed by evaporation to dryness results in a DL-mandelic acid/ethyl-DL-mandelate cocrystal. This behavior indicates that racemic mandelic acid tends not only to transform into an ester in ethanol, but also to cocrystallize with untransformed acid molecules. Cocrystal formation for mandelic acid in ethanol was found to be reproducible under various conditions. DL-tropic acid and DL-phenyllactic acid that contain similar functional groups and that were tested as well, on the other hand, showed no cocrystal formation: DL-phenyllactic acid partly converted into an ester, whereas DL-tropic acid mostly recrystallized.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)397-402
Nombre de pages6
journalJournal of molecular structure
Volume1127
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Etat de la publicationPublié - 5 janv. 2017

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