Molecular homochirality and the parity-violating energy difference. A critique with new proposals

Chirality

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-95

  Chandrasekhar, Sosale ^a,b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Anomalous X ray scattering; Autocatalytic polymerization; Circular polarization; Conglomerate; Crystallization; Origin of chirality; Origin of life; Racemic compound; Weak neutral current

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; ENERGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; POLYMERS; STEREOISOMERISM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 38549149422     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20502     Document Type: Article

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