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‘Sergeants-and-Corporals’ principle in chiral induction at an interface†

Iris Destoop,‡a   Hong Xu,‡a   Cristina Oliveras-González,b   Elke Ghijsens,a   David B. Amabilino*b  and  Steven De Feyter*a  
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Abstract

Self-assembly of an achiral porphyrin at the interface between a chiral solvent and an atomically flat substrate renders the monolayer chiral, and a non-racemic solvent can even overrule the intrinsic expression of chirality in the self-assembly of chiral molecules.

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https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42584C
Submitted
09 Apr 2013
Accepted
10 May 2013
First published
13 May 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license
Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 7477-7479
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Communication
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‘Sergeants-and-Corporals’ principle in chiral induction at an interface

I. Destoop, H. Xu, C. Oliveras-González, E. Ghijsens, D. B. Amabilino and S. De Feyter, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 7477
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42584C

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