Emergence of single-molecular chirality from achiral reactants

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Steendam, René R E ^a   Verkade, Jorge M M ^a   Van Benthem, Tim J B ^a   Meekes, Hugo ^a   Van Enckevort, Willem J P ^a   Raap, Jan ^b   Rutjes, Floris P J T ^a   Vlieg, Elias ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNICH BASE; 4-ANISIDINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; KETONE;

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL; ENANTIOMER; MICHAEL ADDITION; PRECIPITATION; PRECURSOR; RACEMIZATION; SOLID STATE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; KETONES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84923250142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6543     Document Type: Article

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