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The Macromolecular Route to Chiral Amplification
Author(s) -
Green Mark M.,
Park JiWoong,
Sato Takahiro,
Teramoto Akio,
Lifson Shneior,
Selinger Robin L. B.,
Selinger Jonathan V.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19991102)38:21<3138::aid-anie3138>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - enantiomer , enantiomeric excess , chirality (physics) , polymer , macromolecule , monomer , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , catalysis , nanotechnology , enantioselective synthesis , physics , chiral symmetry , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , quark , nambu–jona lasinio model
Cooperative phenomena , described by one‐dimensional statistical physical methods, are observed between the enantiomeric characteristics of monomeric materials and the polymers they produce. The effect of minute energies associated with this amplified chirality, although currently not interpretable, can be easily measured. Nonlinear relationships between enantiomeric excess or enantiomeric content and polymer properties may offer the possibility of developing chiral catalysts and chiral chromatographic materials in which the burden of large enantiomeric excess or content may be considerably alleviated. New approaches to information and sensor technology may become possible.