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Raman optical activity of an achiral element in a chiral environment
Author(s) -
Smith Andrew M.,
Collins Richard F.,
Ulijn Rein V.,
Blanch Ewan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.2390
Subject(s) - raman optical activity , raman spectroscopy , chirality (physics) , molecule , chemistry , rna , stereochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , chiral symmetry , organic chemistry , physics , optics , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , gene , quark
Raman optical activity (ROA) is a relatively new technique used to determine the structure of chiral molecules and is proving useful in the study of biological molecules such as proteins and DNA/RNA. Here, for the first time, we demonstrate the applicability of ROA as a technique to study achiral groups in chiral environments, detecting the induced chirality of N ‐(fluorenyl‐9‐methoxycarbonyl) (Fmoc) in a chiral self‐assembled structure of Fmoc‐dipeptides. This technique is therefore of interest to those studying self‐assembled systems that adopt a chiral structure. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.