Issue 11, 2000
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Chemical Communications

Chiral autocatalysis: where stereochemistry meets the origin of life

Martín Avalos,a   Reyes Babiano,a   Pedro Cintas,a   José L. Jiméneza  and  Juan C. Palaciosa  

a Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, E-06071, Badajoz, Spain.
E-mail: pecintas@unex.es

Abstract

This article summarizes a series of recent and simple experiments to produce optically active substances from achiral precursors. These symmetry-breaking processes include either autocatalytic crystallization or asymmetric autocatalysis, and provide new insights into the origin of biomolecular homochirality. In addition, support from an extraterrestrial origin of chiral molecules has also come from recent findings.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/A908300F
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
18 Oct 1999
Accepted
07 Dec 1999
First published
10 Apr 2000

Chem. Commun., 2000, 887-892

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Chiral autocatalysis: where stereochemistry meets the origin of life

M. Avalos, R. Babiano, P. Cintas, J. L. Jiménez and J. C. Palacios, Chem. Commun., 2000, 887 DOI: 10.1039/A908300F

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