Spontaneous transfer of chirality in an atropisomerically enriched two-axis system

Kimberly T. Barrett, Anthony J. Metrano, Paul R. Rablen and Scott J. Miller ()
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Kimberly T. Barrett: Yale University, PO Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA
Anthony J. Metrano: Yale University, PO Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA
Paul R. Rablen: Swarthmore College
Scott J. Miller: Yale University, PO Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA

Nature, 2014, vol. 509, issue 7498, 71-75

Abstract: An enantioselective reaction involving a molecule with two axes of stereochemical consequence produces four stereoisomers, and rather than racemizing as the system approaches equilibrium, one of the diastereomeric pairs drifts spontaneously to a higher enantiomeric ratio.

Date: 2014
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