Dual space divergence in small molecule quasiracemates: benzoyl leucine and phenylalanine assemblies

Quasiracemic materials constructed with two points of structural difference were used to understand the role molecular shape plays in molecular assembly. Hot stage, crystallographic and occupied cavity space assessments provide insight into how imposed CH3/Cl and H/CF3 structural variations placed on benzoyl leucine and phenylalanine scaffolds result in a remarkably high occurrence of cocrystal formation.

Increasing the structural boundary of quasiracemate formation: 4-substituted naphthylamides

Spatially larger naphthylamides than previously reported diarylamides promote greater structural variance of substituents during the pairwise assembly of quasienantiomers.

Amino acid hydrogen oxalate quasiracemates – hydrocarbon side chains

Amino acid hydrogen oxalate quasiracemates form robust crystal structure motifs that are assessed for conformational similarity and degree of inversion symmetry.

Amino acid hydrogen oxalate quasiracemates – sulfur containing side chains

A new family of quasiracemic materials constructed from sulfur-containing amino acid hydrogen oxalates form supramolecular assemblies that divert significantly from near centrosymmetric alignment.

Mapping the structural boundaries of quasiracemate fractional crystallization using 2-substituted diarylamides

Video-assisted hot stage polarized light microscopy of 55 quasienantiomeric pairs, constructed from 22 chiral diarylamides that systematically differ in topology, reveals the structural boundaries of molecular shape to supramolecular assembly.

Polymorphism of the quasiracemate d-2-aminobutyric acid:l-norvaline

A new polymorphic quasiracemate d-2-aminobutyric acid:l-norvaline has been discovered and its reversible single-crystal-to-single-crystal phase transition has been studied using XRD, DSC and thermal microscopy. The low temperature form I is fully ordered, while form II shows two conformations for l-norvaline with a 50/50 occupancy.