Abstract
The light touch: Asymmetric photoequilibrium and autocatalysis act as sources of homochirality in a highly enantioselective preparation of chiral alcohols (see scheme). This process is initiated by left- and right-circularly polarized light (CPL) and exploits the resulting photoequilibrium between chiral olefin substrates to yield 2-alkynyl-5-pyrimidyl alkanols.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4490-4492 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 34 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 Aug 27 |
Keywords
- Alkenes
- Asymmetric amplification
- Asymmetric catalysis
- Autocatalysis
- Chirality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Chemistry(all)