Automated chemical crystallography

Amy Fuller; Lindesay Alexandra Sarah Scott-Hayward; Yang Li; Michael Buehl; Alexandra Martha Zoya Slawin; J Derek Woollins

doi:10.1021/ja100247y

Automated chemical crystallography

Amy Fuller, Lindesay Alexandra Sarah Scott-Hayward, Yang Li, Michael Buehl, Alexandra Martha Zoya Slawin, J Derek Woollins

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Abstract

The first fully automated small-molecule robotic X-ray diffractometer is described. After demonstrating the utility of the instrument using multiple samples of ammonium bitartrate, we investigated the conformational chirality of diphenyl dichalcogenide (E2Ph2, where E = S, Se, or Te). Structural and computational studies suggest that the two enantiomers are energetically indistinguishable. Therefore, it was unsurprising that we found (in 35 suitable data collections) the proportion 0.51:0.49 of M-S2Ph2 to P-S2Ph2 in the bulk sample. Interestingly, after 65 data collections of Te2Ph2, (46 provided suitable data sets), we found the proportion 0.72 +/- 0.13 of M-Te2Ph2, suggesting there could be a statistically significant preference for the M-enantiomer in the sample examined here. We found that Se2Ph2 underwent homochiral crystallization, with all 24 crystals being M. Our experiments may represent a salutary lesson in statistical analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5799-5802
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	132
Issue number	16
Early online date	2 Apr 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja100247y
Publication status	Published - 28 Apr 2010

Keywords

Absolute-configuration
Crystal-structure
Crystallization
Dichalcogenides

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Structural Mechanostereochemistry: International Collaboration in Chemistry: Structral Mechanostereochemistry of Mechanically interlocked Polymers and Networks
Slawin, A. M. Z. (PI)
EPSRC
18/01/10 → 17/01/13
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