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Separation of Enantiomers and CD Spectra of Au 40 (SCH 2 CH 2 Ph) 24 : Spectroscopic Evidence for Intrinsic Chirality
Author(s) -
Knoppe Stefan,
Dolamic Igor,
Dass Amala,
Bürgi Thomas
Publication year - 2012
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.201202369
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , enantiomer , spectral line , cluster (spacecraft) , chemistry , crystallography , stereochemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , physics , chiral symmetry , chromatography , quantum mechanics , computer science , nambu–jona lasinio model , programming language , quark
Chirality unveiled : Thiolate‐protected Au 40 (SR) 24 clusters were enantioenriched using an HPLC approach. CD spectra show strong mirror‐image responses, indicating the intrinsic chirality of a cluster of unknown structure protected with achiral ligands.