Issue 40, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Enantiomorphic symmetry breaking in crystallization of molten sodium chlorate†

Martin R. Ward,a   Gary W. Copelanda  and  Andrew J. Alexander*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
E-mail: andrew.alexander@ed.ac.uk

Abstract

Enantiomorphic symmetry breaking of stirred samples of molten sodium chlorate is demonstrated, revealing the unexpected involvement of an achiral solid phase. The results should stimulate future computational models of nucleation, including symmetry breaking, and have implications for mechanisms that invoke enantiomorphism in natural minerals to explain biohomochirality.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC02563A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Jul 2010
Accepted
27 Aug 2010
First published
17 Sep 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 7634-7636

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Enantiomorphic symmetry breaking in crystallization of molten sodium chlorate

M. R. Ward, G. W. Copeland and A. J. Alexander, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7634 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02563A

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