Journal article
Authors list: Gerbig, D; Desch, S; Schreiner, PR
Publication year: 2018
Pages: 11904-11907
Journal: Chemistry - A European Journal
Volume number: 24
Issue number: 46
ISSN: 0947-6539
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201802119
Publisher: Wiley
Abstract:
We demonstrate that the simple achiral amino acid glycine as its methyl ester inherits the chiral imprint of methyl lactate upon complexation, resulting in induced vibrational optical activity of the methylene C-H bonds. To mimic conditions of ice on comets that are considered long-term reaction as well as storage entities for (organic) molecules, we employ the matrix isolation technique in conjunction with vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy and DFT computations. The observed chirality transfer is likely a key element for the realization of concepts rationalizing chirogenesis, that is, the generation of a chiral imbalance.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Gerbig, D., Desch, S. and Schreiner, P. (2018) Making Glycine Methyl Ester Chiral, Chemistry - A European Journal, 24(46), pp. 11904-11907. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201802119
APA Citation style: Gerbig, D., Desch, S., & Schreiner, P. (2018). Making Glycine Methyl Ester Chiral. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(46), 11904-11907. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201802119