Asymmetric synthesis using chiral-encoded metal

Thittaya Yutthalekha; Chularat Wattanakit; Veronique Lapeyre; Somkiat Nokbin; Chompunuch Warakulwit; Jumras Limtrakul; Alexander Kuhn

doi:10.1038/ncomms12678

Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Asymmetric synthesis using chiral-encoded metal

Thittaya Yutthalekha,
Chularat Wattanakit,
Veronique Lapeyre,
Somkiat Nokbin,
Chompunuch Warakulwit,
Jumras Limtrakul,
Alexander Kuhn

Affiliations

Thittaya Yutthalekha: Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS UMR 5255, Bordeaux INP, ENSCBP
Chularat Wattanakit: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology
Veronique Lapeyre: Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS UMR 5255, Bordeaux INP, ENSCBP
Somkiat Nokbin: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University
Chompunuch Warakulwit: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University
Jumras Limtrakul: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology
Alexander Kuhn: Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS UMR 5255, Bordeaux INP, ENSCBP

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12678
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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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.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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