Industrial crystallization of glucose is still today one of the most important and widely studied crystal growth processes, such that its world wide annual production reaches the millions of tons. D-glucose takes part in an anomerization equilibrium in solution and crystallizes in three main crystalline forms, namely, α-D-glucose monohydrate, α-D-glucose anhydrous, and β-D-glucose anhydrous. The investigation of molecular recognition is fundamental for the understanding of nucleation process and to try to explain why this kind of molecules with 5 almost free to rotate hydroxyl groups don’t produce a large number of conformational polymorphs. Thus, we performed an extensive and systematic study of crystallization conditions through solvent solvent and solvent gel counter diffusion experiments, looking for new polymorphs, and we outlined a reproducible procedure to obtain high quality single crystals of α-D-glucose, the most studied and common form. In addition, in order to achieve a deep understanding of chemical bonding and intermolecular interactions, we determined electronic properties in solid state through high resolution single crystal XRD at 90 K, determination of charge density using multipolar expansion and DFT quantum mechanical calculations.

Crystallization Screening and Theoretical Studies on Molecular Recognition of D-glucose Molecules / L. Sironi, S. Rizzato, L. Lo Presti. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Italian Crystal Growth tenutosi a Torino : December 16-17 nel 2021.

Crystallization Screening and Theoretical Studies on Molecular Recognition of D-glucose Molecules

L. Sironi
Primo
Formal Analysis
;
S. Rizzato
Ultimo
Supervision
;
L. Lo Presti
Secondo
Supervision
2021

Abstract

Industrial crystallization of glucose is still today one of the most important and widely studied crystal growth processes, such that its world wide annual production reaches the millions of tons. D-glucose takes part in an anomerization equilibrium in solution and crystallizes in three main crystalline forms, namely, α-D-glucose monohydrate, α-D-glucose anhydrous, and β-D-glucose anhydrous. The investigation of molecular recognition is fundamental for the understanding of nucleation process and to try to explain why this kind of molecules with 5 almost free to rotate hydroxyl groups don’t produce a large number of conformational polymorphs. Thus, we performed an extensive and systematic study of crystallization conditions through solvent solvent and solvent gel counter diffusion experiments, looking for new polymorphs, and we outlined a reproducible procedure to obtain high quality single crystals of α-D-glucose, the most studied and common form. In addition, in order to achieve a deep understanding of chemical bonding and intermolecular interactions, we determined electronic properties in solid state through high resolution single crystal XRD at 90 K, determination of charge density using multipolar expansion and DFT quantum mechanical calculations.
16-dic-2021
glucose; crystallization; single crystal X-ray diffraction; charge density
Settore CHIM/02 - Chimica Fisica
Settore CHIM/03 - Chimica Generale e Inorganica
Università degli Studi di Torino
Associazione Italiana di Cristallografia
Crystallization Screening and Theoretical Studies on Molecular Recognition of D-glucose Molecules / L. Sironi, S. Rizzato, L. Lo Presti. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Italian Crystal Growth tenutosi a Torino : December 16-17 nel 2021.
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