Asymmetric autocatalysis triggered by triglycine sulfate with switchable chirality by altering the direction of the applied electric field
Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Yoshiyasu Kaimori, S Shimada, Natsuki Hara, Susumu Satô, Kenta Suzuki, Toru Asahi, Arimasa Matsumoto, Kenso Soai
Abstract
Triglycine sulfate (TGS) acts as a chiral trigger for asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of enantiomeric excess, i.e., the Soai reaction. Therefore, molecular chirality of highly enantioenriched organic compounds is controlled by a ferroelectric crystal TGS, whose polarization is altered by an electric field.
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AutocatalysisChirality (physics)Electric fieldChemical physicsField (mathematics)ChemistryMaterials scienceNanotechnologyCondensed matter physicsCatalysisOrganic chemistryPhysicsChiral symmetryQuantum mechanicsQuarkNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelMathematicsPure mathematicsOrigins and Evolution of LifePhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchProtein Structure and Dynamics