Asymmetric synthesis using chiral-encoded metal
oleh: Thittaya Yutthalekha, Chularat Wattanakit, Veronique Lapeyre, Somkiat Nokbin, Chompunuch Warakulwit, Jumras Limtrakul, Alexander Kuhn
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-08-01 |
Deskripsi
Chiral compounds are extremely important as they can be used in medicine, agriculture and biotechnology. Here, Kuhn and co-workers use a mesoporous metal structure encoded with chiral information in order to induce asymmetry in electrochemical synthesis of mandelic acid.