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Achiral Inorganic Gypsum Acts as an Origin of Chirality through Its Enantiotopic Surface in Conjunction with Asymmetric Autocatalysis
Author(s) -
Matsumoto Arimasa,
Kaimori Yoshiyasu,
Uchida Mizuki,
Omori Haruna,
Kawasaki Tsuneomi,
Soai Kenso
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201610099
Subject(s) - autocatalysis , enantioselective synthesis , chemistry , chirality (physics) , stereochemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , physics , symmetry breaking , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model
Achiral inorganic gypsum (CaSO 4 ⋅2 H 2 O) triggers the asymmetric autocatalysis of pyrimidyl alkanol on its two‐dimensional enantiotopic faces to give highly enantioenriched alkanol products with absolute configurations corresponding to the respective enantiotopic surfaces. This is the first example of highly enantioselective synthesis on the enantiotopic surface of an achiral mineral.