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Chem. Commun., 2007, 2578 - 2580, DOI: 10.1039/b702882b


An astrophysically-relevant mechanism for amino acid enantiomer enrichment

Stephen P. Fletcher, Richard B. C. Jagt and Ben L. Feringa


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.

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