Homochirality beyond grinding: deracemizing chiral crystals by temperature gradient under boiling

A single-chirality solid phase can be obtained in boiling solutions containing a racemic mixture of left- and right-handed enantiomorphous crystals due to dissolution–crystallization cycles induced by a temperature gradient. This phenomenon provides further insights into asymmetric amplification mec...

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Authors: Viedma Molero, Cristóbal, Cintas Moreno, Pedro
Format: article
Publication Date:2011
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/42329
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42329
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:548.3
Crystals
Crystallizations
Cristalografía (Geología)
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Summary:A single-chirality solid phase can be obtained in boiling solutions containing a racemic mixture of left- and right-handed enantiomorphous crystals due to dissolution–crystallization cycles induced by a temperature gradient. This phenomenon provides further insights into asymmetric amplification mechanisms under presumably prebiotic conditions.