Shaking things up: exploiting the potential of mechanochemistry to enhance deracemization of racemic compounds

Key Points

• The study aims to explore how mechanochemistry can be used to enhance the deracemization of racemic compounds.
• Utilized mechanochemistry to facilitate the deracemization process.
• Engineered mixed crystals from a racemic compound and a chiral substance.
• Analyzed the crystallization methods and their effectiveness.
• Achieved a threefold increase in deracemization efficiency.
• Demonstrated the viability of using mechanochemical methods in chiral molecule synthesis.