Chiroptical activity of hydroxycarboxylic acids with implications for the origin of biological homochirality
Enantiomerically-enriched hydroxycarboxylic acids have been found in meteorites, but the possible origin of this asymmetry has not been explored experimentally. Here circular dichroism/anisotropy experiments suggest a common astrochemical mechanism for the generation of enantiomeric excess in hydrox...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Communications Chemistry |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00524-z |