An astrophysically-relevant mechanism for amino acid enantiomer enrichment

S. P. Fletcher; R. B. C. Jagt; B.L. Feringa

doi:10.1039/b702882b

An astrophysically-relevant mechanism for amino acid enantiomer enrichment

S. P. Fletcher
, R. B. C. Jagt
, B.L. Feringa

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2578-2580
Number of pages	3
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	266
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b702882b
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

INTERSTELLAR ICE ANALOGS
STAR-FORMATION REGIONS
CIRCULAR-POLARIZATION
ORGANIC-MOLECULES
MASS-SPECTROMETER
OPTICAL-ACTIVITY
HOMOCHIRALITY
MARS
SUBLIMATION
PHOTOLYSIS

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