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A list of organometallic kryptoracemates
Author(s) -
Bernal Ivan,
Watkins Steven
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2053-2296
DOI - 10.1107/s2053229615002636
Subject(s) - computer science
The vast majority of racemic solutions of chiral compounds apparently crystallize at room temperature in non‐Sohncke space groups as racemic crystals. However, kryptoracemic crystals composed of nearly enantiomeric pairs occasionally crystallize at room temperature, or appear as low‐temperature phases, in Sohncke space groups. As a complement to the previously published catalog of organic kryptoracemates [Fábián & Brock (2010). Acta Cryst. B 66 , 94–103], 1412 chiral organometallic crystal structures have now been extracted from the Cambridge Structural Database and analyzed. 26 are listed herein as credible kryptoracemates. The possible influence of temperature is discussed, together with some problems in characterizing and classifying these structures.