Homochirality beyond grinding: deracemizing chiral crystals by temperature gradient under boiling.
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چکیده
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.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 47 48 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011