Enantioselective Separation on a Naturally Chiral Surface

Autor: David S. Sholl, Andrew J. Gellman, Anjanette J Koritnik, Preeti Kamakoti, Joshua D. Horvath
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126:14988-14994
ISSN: 1520-5126
0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/ja045537h
Popis: Kinked-stepped, high Miller index surfaces of metal crystals are chiral and, therefore, exhibit enantiospecific properties. Previous temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) spectra have shown that the desorption energies of R-3-methylcyclohexanone (R-3-MCHO) on the chiral Cu(643)(R) and Cu(643)(S) surfaces are enantiospecific (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 2384). Here, a comparison of the TPD spectra from Cu(111), Cu(221), Cu(533), Cu(653)(RS), and Cu(643)(RS) surfaces reveals that the enantiospecific desorption occurs from the chiral kink sites on the Cu(643) surfaces. Titration of the chiral kink sites with I atoms confirms this assignment of desorption features in the TPD spectra. Finally, the enantiospecific difference in the desorption energies of R- and S-3-MCHO has been used as the basis for demonstration of an enantioselective, kinetic separation of racemic 3-MCHO into its purified components during adsorption and desorption on the Cu(643)(RS) surfaces.
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