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Thermodynamic Conditions for the Retention of Solvents by Crystals: the System Brucine/Benzene

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IN work involving the preparation of pure optically active compounds for physico-chemical studies, it has been found that brucine crystallizes from benzene solutions with one molecule of benzene per molecule of brucine.

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KACSER, H., UBBELOHDE, A. Thermodynamic Conditions for the Retention of Solvents by Crystals: the System Brucine/Benzene. Nature 164, 445–446 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164445b0

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