Dissymmetry enhancement in enantioselective synthesis of helical polydiacetylene by application of superchiral light

Chenlu He; Guang Yang; Yan Kuai; Sizhen Shan; Lin Yang; Jingang Hu; Douguo Zhang; Qijin Zhang; Gang Zou

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07533-y

Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Dissymmetry enhancement in enantioselective synthesis of helical polydiacetylene by application of superchiral light

Chenlu He,
Guang Yang,
Yan Kuai,
Sizhen Shan,
Lin Yang,
Jingang Hu,
Douguo Zhang,
Qijin Zhang,
Gang Zou

Affiliations

Chenlu He: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China
Guang Yang: College of Science, Northeast Forestry University
Yan Kuai: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China
Sizhen Shan: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China
Lin Yang: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China
Jingang Hu: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China
Douguo Zhang: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China
Qijin Zhang: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China
Gang Zou: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07533-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Superchiral light can be utilized to promote asymmetric photochemical reactions. Here the authors show that superchiral light imparts greater chiral bias to trigger asymmetric photo-polymerization reactions from initially achiral diacetylene monomers and enhanced optical dissymmetry in polydiacetylene films.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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