Reversible Optical Transcription of Supramolecular Chirality into Molecular Chirality

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5668, 2004, Pages 278-281

  De Jong, Jaap J D ^a   Lucas, Linda N ^b   Kellogg, Richard M ^b   Van Esch, Jan H ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Syncom BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CHIRALITY;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

SOLVENT;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; REVERSIBLE OPTICAL TRANSCRIPTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 1842482423     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1095353     Document Type: Article

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