Article
Serine Sublimes with Spontaneous Chiral Amplification
Chemical Communications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Disciplines
Abstract
Sublimation of near-racemic samples of serine yields a sublimate which is highly enriched in the major enantiomer; this simple one-step process occurs under relatively mild conditions, and represents a possible mechanism for the chiral amplification step in homochirogenesis.
Additional Comments
NSF grant #: CHE-0412782
DOI
10.1039/B616196K
Citation Information
Richard H. Perry, Chunping Wu, Marcela Nefliu and R. Graham Cooks. "Serine Sublimes with Spontaneous Chiral Amplification" Chemical Communications Iss. 10 (2007) p. 1071 - 1073 ISSN: 1359-7345 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/richard-perry/22/
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