Chemical Communications 2005-03-28

Linking solution chemistry to crystal nucleation: the case of tetrolic acid.

S Parveen, R J Davey, G Dent, R G Pritchard

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (12) , 1531-3, (2005)

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Abstract

The application of FTIR spectroscopy to concentrated solutions of tetrolic acid shows, for the first time, a direct relationship between molecular self association in solution and H-bonded motifs in the subsequently crystallised solid phases.