Bartmess JE, Pagni RM. A photochemical mechanism for homochirogenesis. Part 2.
Chirality 2012;
25:16-21. [PMID:
22965296 DOI:
10.1002/chir.22105]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
A theoretical investigation of the photochemistry of racemic compounds with circularly polarized light was undertaken. The exact solutions of the differential equations by numerical integration to the approximate solutions used in an earlier article were compared. The exact solutions showed that sequential reactions yield enhanced optical activities in the products. For irreversible reactions, all enantiomeric excesses are lost if the reactions are carried to completion, but appreciable resolution occurs in many cases for partial conversion. For reversible reactions, significant enantiomeric excesses are found at the photostationary state.
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