Issue 25, 2007
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Chemical Communications

An astrophysically-relevant mechanism for amino acid enantiomer enrichment

Stephen P. Fletcher,a   Richard B. C. Jagta  and  Ben L. Feringa*a  

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a Department of Organic Chemistry and Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, Strating Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen, The Netherlands
E-mail: b.l.feringa@rug.nl
Fax: 31 50363 4296
Tel: 31 50363 4278

Abstract

The sublimation of low ee amino acids was examined while exploring simple mechanisms by which high ee amino acids can be generated under conditions that exist in space; significant enantioenrichment of a variety of amino acids by sublimation was achieved.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B702882B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Feb 2007
Accepted
12 Apr 2007
First published
27 Apr 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 2578-2580

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An astrophysically-relevant mechanism for amino acid enantiomer enrichment

S. P. Fletcher, R. B. C. Jagt and B. L. Feringa, Chem. Commun., 2007, 2578 DOI: 10.1039/B702882B

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