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Asymmetric Autocatalysis with Amplification of Chirality
Author(s) -
Bolm Carsten,
Bienewald Frank,
Seger Andreas
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199616571
Subject(s) - autocatalysis , catalysis , autocatalytic reaction , chirality (physics) , enantiomeric excess , chemistry , enantioselective synthesis , enantiomer , homochirality , physics , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , chiral symmetry breaking , statistical physics , quantum mechanics , symmetry breaking , nambu–jona lasinio model
A Darwinistic principle in catalysis? The term for the catalysis of an asymmetric, catalyzed reaction by its product is “asymmetric autocatalysis”. The enantiomeric excess of a self‐replicating system such as that described by Soai et al. can be amplified enormously in several reaction cycles [Eq. (a)].