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Gillet J, Geerts Y, Rongy L, De Decker Y. Differences in enantiomeric diffusion can lead to selective chiral amplification. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2319770121. [PMID: 38635636 PMCID: PMC11046698 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2319770121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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A fundamental question associated with chirality is how mixtures containing equal amounts of interconverting enantiomers can spontaneously convert to systems enriched in only one of them. Enantiomers typically have similar chemical properties, but can exhibit distinct reactivity under specific conditions, and these differences can be used to bias the system's composition in favor of one enantiomer. Transport properties are also expected to differ for enantiomers in chiral solvents, but the role of such differences in chiral symmetry breaking has not been clarified yet. In this work, we develop a theoretical framework to show that asymmetry in diffusion properties can trigger a spontaneous and selective symmetry breaking in mixtures of enantiomers. We derive a generic evolution equation for the enantiomeric excess in a chiral solvent. This equation shows that the relative stability of homochiral domains is dictated by the difference of diffusion coefficients of the two enantiomers. Consequently, deracemization toward a specific enantiomeric excess can be achieved when this difference is large enough. These results hold significant implications for our understanding of chiral symmetry breaking.
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- Jean Gillet
- Nonlinear Physical Chemistry Unit, Faculté des Sciences, CP – 231, Université libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles1050, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles1050, Belgium
- International Solvay Institutes of Physics and Chemistry, Université libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles1050, Belgium
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- Nonlinear Physical Chemistry Unit, Faculté des Sciences, CP – 231, Université libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles1050, Belgium
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- Nonlinear Physical Chemistry Unit, Faculté des Sciences, CP – 231, Université libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles1050, Belgium
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Matsumoto A, Tateishi D, Nakajima T, Kurosaki S, Ogawa T, Kawasaki T, Soai K. Achiral 2-pyridone and 4-aminopyridine act as chiral inducers of asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of enantiomeric excess via the formation of chiral crystals. Chirality 2024; 36:e23617. [PMID: 37621025 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Enantiomorphous crystals of achiral 2-pyridone and 4-aminopyridine served as sources of chirality, to induce the asymmetric autocatalysis of 5-pyrimidyl alkanol during the asymmetric addition of diisopropylzinc to the corresponding pyrimidine-5-carbaldehyde, that is, the Soai reaction. Following a significant amplification of enantiomeric excess through asymmetric autocatalysis, highly enantioenriched 5-pyrimidyl alkanol could be synthesized with their corresponding absolute configurations to those of chiral crystals of 2-pyridone and 4-aminopyridine.
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- Arimasa Matsumoto
- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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YASHIMA E. Synthesis and applications of helical polymers with dynamic and static memories of helicity. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2023; 99:438-459. [PMID: 37853628 PMCID: PMC10822720 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.99.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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This review mainly highlights our studies on the synthesis of one-handed helical polymers with a static memory of helicity based on the noncovalent helicity induction with a helical-sense bias and subsequent memory of the helicity approach that we developed during the past decade. Apart from the previous approaches, an excess one-handed helical conformation, once induced by nonracemic molecules, is immediately retained ("memorized") after the complete removal of the nonracemic molecules, accompanied by a significant amplification of the asymmetry, providing novel switchable chiral materials for chromatographic enantioseparation and asymmetric catalysis as well as a highly sensitive colorimetric and fluorescence chiral sensor. A conceptually new one-handed helix formation in a racemic helical polymer composed of racemic repeating units through the deracemization of the pendants is described.
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- Eiji YASHIMA
- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Tsuge M, Watanabe N. Radical reactions on interstellar icy dust grains: Experimental investigations of elementary processes. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2023; 99:103-130. [PMID: 37121737 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.99.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Molecular clouds (MCs) in space are the birthplace of various molecular species. Chemical reactions occurring on the cryogenic surfaces of cosmic icy dust grains have been considered to play important roles in the formation of these species. Radical reactions are crucial because they often have low barriers and thus proceed even at low temperatures such as ∼10 K. Since the 2000s, laboratory experiments conducted under low-temperature, high-vacuum conditions that mimic MC environments have revealed the elementary physicochemical processes on icy dust grains. In this review, experiments conducted by our group in this context are explored, with a focus on radical reactions on the surface of icy dust analogues, leading to the formation of astronomically abundant molecules such as H2, H2O, H2CO, and CH3OH and deuterium fractionation processes. The development of highly sensitive, non-destructive methods for detecting adsorbates and their utilization for clarifying the behavior of free radicals on ice, which contribute to the formation of complex organic molecules, are also described.
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- Masashi Tsuge
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
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Soai K. The Soai reaction and its implications with the life's characteristic features of self-replication and homochirality. Tetrahedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2022.133017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Soai K, Kawasaki T, Matsumoto A. Asymmetric Autocatalysis as an Efficient Link Between the Origin of Homochirality and Highly Enantioenriched Compounds. ORIGINS LIFE EVOL B 2022; 52:57-74. [PMID: 35960427 DOI: 10.1007/s11084-022-09626-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Biological homochirality of essential components such as L-amino acids and D-sugars is prerequisite for the emergence, evolution and the maintenance of life. Implication of biological homochirality is described. Considerable interest has been focused on the origin and the process leading to the homochirality. Asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of enantiomeric excess (ee), i.e., the Soai reaction, is capable to link the low ee induced by the proposed origins of chirality such as circularly polarized light and high ee of the organic compound. Absolute asymmetric synthesis without the intervention of any chiral factor was achieved in the Soai reaction.
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- Kenso Soai
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.
- Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University, Wasedatsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0041, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Nara Women's University, Kita-Uoya Nishi-machi, Nara, 630-8506, Japan
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Li P, Sun Z, Chen J, Zuo Y, Yu C, Liu X, Yang Z, Chen L, Fu E, Wang W, Zhang J, Liu Z, Hu J, Zhang S. Spontaneous Resolution of Racemic Cage-Catenanes via Diastereomeric Enrichment at the Molecular Level and Subsequent Narcissistic Self-Sorting at the Supramolecular Level. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:1342-1350. [PMID: 35029983 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The spontaneous resolution of racemates, from natural compounds to artificial structures, has long been pursued to shed light on the origin of homochirality in life. Even though diverse synthetic systems have been elegantly devised to elaborate the underlying principles of spontaneous symmetry breaking, their complexity is still unparalleled to the natural masterpieces including DNA helix and proteins, which convey remarkable coalescence at both molecular and supramolecular levels. Here, we report on the spontaneous resolution of a pair of homochiral entities from a racemic mixture of a triply interlocked cage-catenane comprising 720 possible stereoisomers. This cage-catenane comprises six methyldithiane ring-containing linkers (denoted rac-2). As each methyldithiane ring has two chiral centers, it exhibits four possible diastereomers. These otherwise equimolar diastereomers are preferentially differentiated with the equatorial conformers over their axial analogues, leading to the dominant formation of (S, R)-2 and (R, S)-2, i.e., diastereomeric enrichment at the molecular level. This diastereomeric enrichment is unbiasedly transferred from precursor rac-2 to cage-catenane rac-4, from which a pair of homochirals (S, R)6-4 and (R, S)6-4 is narcissistically self-sorted upon crystallization. This powerful symmetry breaking is attributed to a supramolecular synergy of directional π-π stacking with the multivalency of erstwhile weak S···S contacts (with an unusual distance of 3.09 Å) that are cooperatively arranged in a helical fashion. This work highlights the attainability of complex homochiral entities by resorting to coalesced covalent and noncovalent contributions and therefore provides additional clues to the symmetry breaking of sophisticated yet well-defined architectures.
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- Pan Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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Gillet J, Rongy L, De Decker Y. Spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking in reaction–diffusion systems: ambivalent role of the achiral precursor. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:26144-26155. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03102g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Reaction–diffusion simulations reveal that the achiral substrate concentration may play an ambivalent role in spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking.
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- Jean Gillet
- Nonlinear Physical, Chemistry Unit, CP-231, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Nonlinear Physical, Chemistry Unit, CP-231, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Nonlinear Physical, Chemistry Unit, CP-231, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Gus’kov VY, Gallyamova GA, Sairanova NI, Sharafutdinova YF, Khalilov LM, Mukhametzyanov TA, Zinoviev IM, Gainullina YY. Possibility of chiral recognition by adsorption on enantiomorphous crystals: the impact of crystal surface polarity. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:26785-26794. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01212j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The enantioselectivity provided by hippuric acid and phloroglucinol crystals, obtained under Viedma ripening, was studied by the adsorption of menthol enantiomers from solutions and the adsorption of limonene and α-pinene enantiomers from vapors.
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- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis RAS, 141 Oktyabrya av., Ufa, Russia
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- A.M. Butlerov Chemical Institute, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
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López-Castillo A. Chiral symmetry conservation principle. Chirality 2021; 34:104-113. [PMID: 34725859 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We show a chiral symmetry conservation principle based on chemical kinetics using stochastic results. Suppose the chiral symmetry conservation is evoked, and our universe can be considered globally asymmetric. In that case, there are at least two mirrored asymmetric universes if all the chiral properties are strongly correlated. However, if the chiral correlations are weak or nonexistent, there are possibly Many-(Chiral-Symmetry)-Worlds. Alternatively, if our universe is only locally asymmetric, there could be a single universe with segregated chiral regions. The possible mechanisms of the primordial chiral symmetry breaking can only be found if the chiral symmetry is not truly conserved by assuming the initial racemic conditions. In that case, our universe is asymmetric and could be alone. On the other hand, if the chiral symmetry is conserved, there is no chance of finding the primordial chiral symmetry breaking. Based on this conservation (or not), it is possible to infer two opposite hypotheses, where two general scenarios about the chiral universes are possible.
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Matsumoto A, Tanaka A, Kaimori Y, Hara N, Mikata Y, Soai K. Circular dichroism spectroscopy of catalyst preequilibrium in asymmetric autocatalysis of pyrimidyl alkanol. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:11209-11212. [PMID: 34622895 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc04206h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Mechanistic understanding of the asymmetric autocatalysis of pyrimidyl alkanol is a highly attractive and challenging topic due to its unique feature of amplification of enantiomeric excess. Circular dichroism spectroscopic analysis of this reaction allows monitoring of the structual changes of possible catalyst precursors in the solution state and shows characteristic temperature and solvent dependence. TD-DFT calculations suggest that these spectral changes are induced by a dimer-tetramer equilibrium of zinc alkoxides.
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- Arimasa Matsumoto
- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science, Nara Women's University, Kita-Uoya Nishi-machi, Nara, 630-8506, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science, Nara Women's University, Kita-Uoya Nishi-machi, Nara, 630-8506, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science, Nara Women's University, Kita-Uoya Nishi-machi, Nara, 630-8506, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
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Hayashi Y, Salazar HA, Koshino S. Asymmetric Synthesis of Functionalized 9-Methyldecalins Using a Diphenylprolinol-Silyl-Ether-Mediated Domino Michael/Aldol Reaction. Org Lett 2021; 23:6654-6658. [PMID: 34410725 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Substituted 9-methyldecalin derivatives containing an all carbon quaternary chiral center were synthesized with excellent enantioselectivity via an organocatalyst-mediated domino reaction. The first reaction is a diphenylprolinol silyl ether-mediated Michael reaction, and the second reaction is an intramolecular aldol reaction. The enantiomerically pure catalyst is involved in both reactions.
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- Yujiro Hayashi
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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Soai K, Matsumoto A, Kawasaki T. Asymmetric Autocatalysis as a Link Between Crystal Chirality and Highly Enantioenriched Organic Compounds. Isr J Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202100047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kenso Soai
- Department of Applied Chemistry Tokyo University of Science Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
- Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation Waseda University Wasedatsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, 162 0041 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Biology and Environmental Science Nara Women's University Kita-Uoya Nishi-machi Nara 630-8506 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Tokyo University of Science Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
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Gus'kov VY, Shayakhmetova RK, Allayarova DA, Sharafutdinova YF, Gilfanova EL, Pavlova IN, Garipova GZ. Mechanism of chiral recognition by enantiomorphous cytosine crystals during enantiomer adsorption. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:11968-11979. [PMID: 34002188 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01265g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The quest to understand why life exhibits chirality has been far from successful. In the terrestrial theory of chirality emergence in living matter, one of the main possible mechanisms is the chiral recognition of organic molecules by enantiomorphic crystals. In this work, we studied the ability of enantiomorphic cytosine crystals, obtained by Viedma ripening, for chiral recognition by enantiomers adsorption. For this, we used MD calculations, inverse gas chromatography, and adsorption from solutions. The difference between the isotherms of enantiomers was determined using a t-test. We found that cytosine crystals were capable of chiral recognition only when the adsorbate concentration on the surface was sufficient for lateral interactions leading to layer formation. In order to approximate adsorption isotherms, Langmuir, Freundlich, BET, and Fowler-Guggenheim equations were used. The difference in lateral interactions between menthol enantiomers during their adsorption from a solution in n-heptane was established. A mechanism of chiral recognition of the adsorbed substance by cytosine crystals was proposed. The conditions under which chiral recognition could proceed were determined. We observed that, upon adsorption from a solution, chiral recognition manifested itself at higher coverages than in MD simulations. This was caused by the competitive adsorption of the solvent. The results obtained show that adsorption on enantiomorphic crystals could be the source of the first minute enantiomeric excess, providing an opportunity to understand the origin of chiral imbalance.
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- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis RAS, 141 Oktyabrya av., Ufa, Russia
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Metlushka KE, Sadkova DN, Nikitina KA, Zinnatullin RG, Yamaleeva ZR, Ivshin KA, Kiiamov AG, Kataeva ON. Chiral recognition of N-thiophosphorylated thioureas via nickel(ii) coordination assisted by 4-dimethylaminopyridine. Russ Chem Bull 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-021-3215-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kawasaki T, Kaimori Y, Shimada S, Hara N, Sato S, Suzuki K, Asahi T, Matsumoto A, Soai K. Asymmetric autocatalysis triggered by triglycine sulfate with switchable chirality by altering the direction of the applied electric field. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:5999-6002. [PMID: 34023863 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02162a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Triglycine sulfate (TGS) acts as a chiral trigger for asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of enantiomeric excess, i.e., the Soai reaction. Therefore, molecular chirality of highly enantioenriched organic compounds is controlled by a ferroelectric crystal TGS, whose polarization is altered by an electric field.
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- Tsuneomi Kawasaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Waseda University (TWIns), Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan. and Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University, Wasedatsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0041, Japan
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Buhse T, Cruz JM, Noble-Terán ME, Hochberg D, Ribó JM, Crusats J, Micheau JC. Spontaneous Deracemizations. Chem Rev 2021; 121:2147-2229. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Thomas Buhse
- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas−IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Avenida Universidad 1001, 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias en Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas 29050, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas−IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Avenida Universidad 1001, 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Carretera Ajalvir, Km. 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid Spain
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- Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (IEEC-ICC) and Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Catalunya Spain
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- Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (IEEC-ICC) and Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Catalunya Spain
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- Laboratoire des IMRCP, UMR au CNRS No. 5623, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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Bhanderi K, Ghalsasi PS, Inoue K. Nonconventional driving force for selective oxidative C-C coupling reaction due to concurrent and curious formation of Ag 0. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1568. [PMID: 33452369 PMCID: PMC7811016 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81020-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Is it possible to 'explore' metal's intrinsic property-a cohesive interaction-which naturally transform M0 into an aggregate or a particle or film for driving oxidative C-C bond formation? With this intention, reduction of [Ag(NH3)2]+ to Ag0 with concurrent oxidation of different phenols/naphthols to biphenyls was undertaken. The work is originated during careful observation of an undergraduate experiment-Tollens' test-where silver mirror film deposition takes place on the walls of borosilicate glass test tube. When the same reaction was carried out in polypropylene (plastic-Eppendorf) tube, we observed aggregation of Ag0 leading to floating Ag-particles but not silver film deposition. This prompted us to carry out challenging cross-coupling reaction by ONLY changing the surface of the reaction flask from glass to plastic to silicones. To our surprise, we observed good selective oxidative homo-coupling on Teflon surface while cross-coupling in Eppendorf vial. Thus, we propose that the formation of biphenyl is driven by the macroscopic growth of Ag0 into [Ag-particle] orchestrated by Ag…Ag cohesive interaction. To validate results, experiments were also performed on gram scale. More importantly, oxidation of β-naphthol carried out in quartz (chiral) tube which yielded slight enantioselective excess of BINOL. Details are discussed.
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- Khushboo Bhanderi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, 390002, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, 390002, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Chirality Research Center (CResCent), Hiroshima University, 1-3-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
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Wang J, Oruganti B, Durbeej B. Unidirectional Rotary Motion in Isotopically Chiral Molecular Motors: A Computational Analysis. Org Lett 2020; 22:7113-7117. [PMID: 32822192 PMCID: PMC7506945 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Molecular dynamics
simulations are performed to explore if isotopic chirality can induce
unidirectional rotary motion in molecular motors operated through
double-bond photoisomerizations. Using a high-quantum yield motor
featuring a chemically asymmetric carbon atom as reference, it is
found that isotopically chiral counterparts of this motor sustain
such motion almost equally well. Overall, the study reveals a previously
unexplored role for isotopic chirality in the design of rotary molecular
motors.
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- Jun Wang
- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, IFM, Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden.,Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat de Girona, ES-17003 Girona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-45041 Kalmar, Sweden
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, IFM, Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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Romagnoli C, Sieng B, Amedjkouh M. Kinetic relationship in parallel autocatalytic amplifications of pyridyl alkanol and chiral trigger pyrimidyl alkanol. Chirality 2020; 32:1143-1151. [PMID: 32602567 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Experimental and kinetic analysis of a chemical system combines autocatalytic amplification of 2-alkynyl-5-pyrimidyl alkanol 2 and 6-alkynyl-3-pyridyl akanol 4 in which 2 acts as a chiral trigger and 4 being the subsequent autocatalyst. Starting from a very low initial ee, both alkanols are produced with high enantiopurity in one single cycle. This provides insight into a dual nonlinear amplification of chirality observed with amplifying trigger 2 and accelerated amplification of autocatalyst 4. These kinetic studies reveal a five-fold magnitude superior amplification rates of 4 associated with trigger's enantiopurity at the outset.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Gus’kov VY, Allayarova DA, Garipova GZ, Pavlova IN. Supramolecular chiral surface of nickel sulfate hexahydrate crystals and its ability to chirally recognize enantiomers by adsorption data. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj03912h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The chiral recognition ability of the surface of α-NiSO4·6H2O was found using gas and liquid chromatography.
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Zhang W, Chang H, Ai J, Che S, Duan Y, Han L. Spontaneous chiral self-assembly of achiral AIEgens into AIEgen-silica hybrid nanotubes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:14438-14441. [PMID: 31737882 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06873b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Antipodal chiral AIEgen-silica hybrid mesostructures were fabricated by spontaneous chiral self-assembly of the achiral amphiphilic AIEgen 2-[4-(1,2,2-triphenylethenyl)phenoxy]-acetic acid via a co-structure directing route in the absence of any symmetry-breaking agent. The produced AIEgen-silica hybrid mesostructured nanotubes showed chiral features with optical activity originating from J-aggregation with an excess of one stereochemical hand of the helical conformation of the AIEgen.
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- Wanning Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Composite Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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Role of Asymmetric Autocatalysis in the Elucidation of Origins of Homochirality of Organic Compounds. Symmetry (Basel) 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/sym11050694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Pyrimidyl alkanol and related compounds were found to be asymmetric autocatalysts in the enantioselective addition of diisopropylzinc to pyrimidine-5-carbaldehyde and related aldehydes. In the asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of enantiomeric excess (ee), the very low ee (ca. 0.00005%) of 2-alkynyl-5-pyrimidyl alkanol was significantly amplified to >99.5% ee with an increase in the amount. By using asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of ee, several origins of homochirality have been examined. Circularly polarized light, chiral quartz, and chiral crystals formed from achiral organic compounds such as glycine and carbon (13C/12C), nitrogen (15N/14N), oxygen (18O/16O), and hydrogen (D/H) chiral isotopomers were found to act as the origin of chirality in asymmetric autocatalysis. And the spontaneous absolute asymmetric synthesis was also realized without the intervention of any chiral factor.
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Matsumoto A, Ozaki H, Tsuchiya S, Asahi T, Lahav M, Kawasaki T, Soai K. Achiral amino acid glycine acts as an origin of homochirality in asymmetric autocatalysis. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:4200-4203. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00345b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Achiral glycine acts as the origin of chirality in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis to afford highly enantioenriched compound.
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- Arimasa Matsumoto
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 162-8601
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 162-8601
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 162-8601
- Japan
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- Department of Advanced Science and Engineering
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
- Waseda University
- Tokyo 169-8555
- Japan
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- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot
- Israel
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 162-8601
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 162-8601
- Japan
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Kaimori Y, Hiyoshi Y, Kawasaki T, Matsumoto A, Soai K. Formation of enantioenriched alkanol with stochastic distribution of enantiomers in the absolute asymmetric synthesis under heterogeneous solid–vapor phase conditions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:5223-5226. [PMID: 30968100 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc01875a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Absolute asymmetric synthesis under heterogeneous solid–vapor phase conditions in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis was achieved.
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- Yoshiyasu Kaimori
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo
- Japan
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