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Molecular polarization and molecular chiralization: The first example of a chiralized xenon atom
Author(s) -
Bartik Kristin,
Luhmer Michel,
Collet André,
Reisse Jacques
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
chirality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1520-636X
pISSN - 0899-0042
DOI - 10.1002/1520-636x(2001)13:1<2::aid-chir2>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - chemistry , polarizability , xenon , molecule , dipole , polarization (electrochemistry) , chirality (physics) , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , chemical physics , atomic physics , stereochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry , chiral symmetry breaking , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
In this article we focus on the interaction between a chiral molecule and a single achiral molecule or an ensemble of achiral molecules. The desymmetrization of the achiral molecules resulting from this interaction is described as “chiralization.” By analogy with electric polarization, we factorize chiralization into three factors, i.e., orientation, atomic, and electronic terms. Chiralization depends on the dipolar polarizability of the chiralized molecule but also on polarizabilities of higher order. The experimental part of this work is devoted to the electronic chiralization of a xenon atom and its observation by 129 Xe NMR spectroscopy. Chirality 13:2–6, 2001. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.