Solvent selection as a major determinant of chiral resolution outcomes: The BINOL-DACH case study
de Meester, Joséphine; Shemchuk, Oleksii; Collard, Laurent; Wouters, Johan; Robeyns, Koen; Leyssens, Tom; CrystEngComm  (2025) –; doi:10.1039/D5CE00706B

data_7251198
_publ_section_title
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 Solvent selection as a major determinant of chiral resolution outcomes:
 The BINOL-DACH case study
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'1,1'-bi-2-naphtol + trans-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine'
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2025-07-06 deposited with the CCDC.	2025-10-29 downloaded from the CCDC.
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'MERCURY (Macrae et al., 2008), Platon (Spek, 2009)'
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'100 images, \D\F 2.0\% '
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 Flack x determined using 391 quotients [(I+)-(I-)]/[(I+)+(I-)]
 (Parsons, Flack and Wagner, Acta Cryst. B69 (2013) 249-259).
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'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0615P)^2^+0.3028P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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