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Contribution of a Solute's Chiral Solvent Imprint to Optical Rotation
Author(s) -
Mukhopadhyay Parag,
Zuber Gérard,
Wipf Peter,
Beratan David N.
Publication year - 2007
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.200702273
Subject(s) - solvent , benzene , chemistry , signature (topology) , optical rotation , molecule , rotation (mathematics) , solvent effects , chemical physics , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , geometry
Solvent or solute dissymmetry? The dissymmetric ordering of solvent molecules around the chiral solute (see picture) contributes to the chiroptical signature. Indeed, the solvent can dominate the chiroptical response, as shown for ( S )‐methyloxirane in benzene.