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Nucleotide‐Catalyzed Conversion of Racemic Zeolite‐Type Zincophosphate into Enantioenriched Crystals
Author(s) -
Zhang Jian,
Chen Shumei,
Bu Xianhui
Publication year - 2009
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.200903001
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , crystallization , crystal (programming language) , chemistry , nucleotide , stereochemistry , zeolite , combinatorial chemistry , enantioselective synthesis , type (biology) , crystallography , catalysis , organic chemistry , computer science , physics , chiral symmetry , biology , biochemistry , ecology , nambu–jona lasinio model , gene , programming language , quark , quantum mechanics
A perfect match : The asymmetric crystallization of an inorganic zeolite‐type material has been achieved by using a nucleotide as the chirality‐induction agent, and is based on a strategy that matches the functional groups of this agent with the bonding features in the chiral crystals (see picture). The mechanism involves the binding of the phosphate unit to the crystal nuclei and absolute chirality control from the sugar unit.