Vibrational Circular Dichroism (VCD)
CD measured in the IR region arising from vibrational transitions.
Context: Determines absolute configuration without heavy atoms; valuable for pharmaceuticals.
Example: VCD assignment of chiral alcohols.
Related Terms: ROA, ECD.
Reference: Nafie, Vibrational Optical Activity (2011).
Viedma Ripening
Attrition-enhanced deracemization of conglomerates by grinding and dissolution–recrystallization.
Context: Scalable route to single enantiomers from racemates.
Example: Deracemization of amino acid derivatives.
Related Terms: Conglomerate, Deracemization.
Reference: Viedma, Phys. Rev. Lett. (2005).