Amplification of Chirality presents critical reviews of the present position and future trends in modern chemical research. The book contains short and concise reports on chemistry. Each is written by the world renowned experts. Still valid and useful after 5 or 10 years, more information as well as the electronic version of the whole content available at: springerlink.com.
Author(s): Kenso Soai, Tsuneomi Kawasaki (auth.), Kenso Soai (eds.)
Series: Topics in Current Chemistry 284
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 205
Tags: Organic Chemistry; Organometallic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Asymmetric Autocatalysis with Amplification of Chirality....Pages 1-33
Asymmetric Autocatalysis with Organozinc Complexes; Elucidation of the Reaction Pathway....Pages 35-65
Kinetic Insight into Specific Features of the Autocatalytic Soai Reaction....Pages 67-96
Rate Equation Approaches to Amplification of Enantiomeric Excess and Chiral Symmetry Breaking....Pages 97-118
Helix Generation, Amplification, Switching, and Memory of Chromophoric Polymers....Pages 119-186
Back Matter....Pages 187-205