Asymmetric autocatalysis initiated by achiral nucleic acid base adenine: implications on the origin of homochirality of biomolecules

Autor: Taichi Hanasaki, Hiroko Mineki, Kenso Soai, Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Arimasa Matsumoto
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 48(85)
ISSN: 1364-548X
Popis: Enantiomorphous crystals of adeninium dinitrate acted as the source of chirality in asymmetric autocatalysis producing highly enantioenriched (S)- and (R)-5-pyrimidyl alkanols, with the absolute configurations corresponding to that of crystals.
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