Issue 29, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Asymmetric autocatalysis induced by meteoritic amino acids with hydrogen isotope chirality†‡

Tsuneomi Kawasaki,ab   Masako Shimizu,a   Daisuke Nishiyama,a   Masateru Ito,a   Hitomi Ozawaa  and  Kenso Soai*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
E-mail: soai@rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp
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Tel: +81 3 5228 8261

b Research Institute of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan

Abstract

Achiral meteoritic amino acids, glycine and α-methylalanine, with hydrogen isotope (D/H) chirality, acted as the source of chirality in asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of ee to afford highly enantioenriched 5-pyrimidyl alkanols.

Graphical abstract: Asymmetric autocatalysis induced by meteoritic amino acids with hydrogen isotope chirality

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B908754K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 may. 2009
Accepted
08 jun. 2009
First published
24 jun. 2009
This article is Open Access

Chem. Commun., 2009, 4396-4398

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Asymmetric autocatalysis induced by meteoritic amino acids with hydrogen isotope chirality

T. Kawasaki, M. Shimizu, D. Nishiyama, M. Ito, H. Ozawa and K. Soai, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4396 DOI: 10.1039/B908754K

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