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Lecture by Professor Christina Moberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, at the Molecular Frontiers Symposium "Frontiers of New Knowledge in Science" in Hong Kong, Nov 15-17, 2024.
ABSTRACT
Access to enantiomerically pure, or “onehanded”, chiral compounds is vital for applications within both life-sciences and material sciences. Such compounds can be obtained either via separation of mixtures of the two hands or by synthesis of the pure compound. Minor amounts of the unwanted hand are, however, usually obtained along with the desired compound. In the lecture, I will describe how the “wrong” hand during the reaction can be recycled by feeding the system with chemical energy, and thereby be given new chances to undergo a successful transformation.
Lecture by Professor Christina Moberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, at the Molecular Frontiers Symposium "Frontiers of New Knowledge in Science" in Hong Kong, Nov 15-17, 2024.
ABSTRACT
Access to enantiomerically pure, or “onehanded”, chiral compounds is vital for applications within both life-sciences and material sciences. Such compounds can be obtained either via separation of mixtures of the two hands or by synthesis of the pure compound. Minor amounts of the unwanted hand are, however, usually obtained along with the desired compound. In the lecture, I will describe how the “wrong” hand during the reaction can be recycled by feeding the system with chemical energy, and thereby be given new chances to undergo a successful transformation.
