Chemical Communications 2005-05-21

Sorting of polymorphs based on mechanical properties. Trimorphs of 6-chloro-2,4-dinitroaniline.

C Malla Reddy, Srinivas Basavoju, Gautam R Desiraju

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (19) , 2439-41, (2005)

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Abstract

Mechanical shearing of crystals of a polymorph with a layered structure may be used to separate them from harder crystals of a visually indistinguishable polymorph that resist such shearing.