Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Amplification of enantiomeric excess by dynamic inversion of enantiomers in deracemization of Au38 clusters

  • Yanan Wang,
  • Belén Nieto-Ortega,
  • Thomas Bürgi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18357-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Symmetry breaking and amplification processes play a fundamental role in nature and technology. Here, the authors show that the interplay between racemization and ligand exchange leads to amplification of enantiomeric excess of intrinsically chiral metal clusters.