Enantioselective Synthesis of Near Enantiopure Compound by Asymmetric Autocatalysis Triggered by Asymmetric Photolysis with Circularly Polarized Light
- 16 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 127 (10), 3274-3275
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0422108
Abstract
Right- and left-handed circularly polarized light (CPL) has been proposed as one of the origins of homochirality of biomolecules. However, the enantiomeric excess induced by CPL has been only very low (99.5% ee. On the other hand, irradiation with l-CPL affords (S)-pyrimidyl alkanol with >99.5% ee. Thus, chiral physical power, such as CPL, in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis, provides a highly enantioenriched compound.Keywords
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