Issue 85, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Asymmetric autocatalysis initiated by achiral nucleic acid base adenine: implications on the origin of homochirality of biomolecules†

Hiroko Mineki,a   Taichi Hanasaki,a   Arimasa Matsumoto,a   Tsuneomi Kawasaki‡*a  and  Kenso Soai*a  

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a Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Abstract

Enantiomorphous crystals of adeninium dinitrate acted as the source of chirality in asymmetric autocatalysis producing highly enantioenriched (S)- and (R)-5-pyrimidyl alkanols, with the absolute configurations corresponding to that of crystals.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC34928K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Jul 2012
Accepted
31 Aug 2012
First published
31 Aug 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 10538-10540

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Asymmetric autocatalysis initiated by achiral nucleic acid base adenine: implications on the origin of homochirality of biomolecules

H. Mineki, T. Hanasaki, A. Matsumoto, T. Kawasaki and K. Soai, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 10538 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34928K

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