Separations of close boiling point mixtures, namely, m-/p-cresols, 3-/4-picolines, guaiacol/alkylphenols, and substituted anilines, have been successfully accomplished by a novel strategy of dissociation extractive crystallization. p-Cresol has been separated in pure form from mixtures with m-cresol by reactive crystallization with piperazine and diazabicyclooctane (DABCO) in nearly quantitative yields. Very high values of separation factor were realized for the separations of guaiacol/alkylphenols and 3-/4-picolines. The crystallization of substituted anilines-p-toluenesulfonates from an aqueous phase further improved the separation factor, by an order of magnitude over those obtained using a nonaqueous phase. A theory has been developed to predict the separation factor for the crystallization from an aqueous phase.