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Direct Visual Detection of the Stereoselectivity of a Catalytic Reaction
Author(s) -
Eelkema Rienk,
van Delden Richard A.,
Feringa Ben L.
Publication year - 2004
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/anie.200460822
Subject(s) - enantiomer , enantiomeric excess , enantioselective synthesis , stereoselectivity , catalysis , chemistry , product (mathematics) , colored , simple (philosophy) , doping , crystal (programming language) , liquid crystal , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , materials science , optoelectronics , philosophy , mathematics , geometry , composite material , epistemology , programming language
Color vision : The enantiomeric excess of the products of an enantioselective catalytic reaction can be determined by a liquid‐crystal‐based color test. After a simple workup, doping of the reaction product into a liquid crystal affords brightly colored LC phases, with colors depending on the enantiomeric excess of the product (see picture).