All chirality articles – Page 3

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Simple synthesis makes curious chiral clamshell molecule

2018-03-06T14:52:00Z

Compounds with two chiral axes hold promise for catalysis and even molecular machines
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Chirality probed with attosecond precision

2017-12-15T11:26:00Z

Very short delays have been measured between forward and backward photoelectrons emitted from a chiral molecule
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Acene synthesis sets new record for twisted molecules

2017-11-17T12:31:00Z

Chemists prepare ‘twistacenes’ with torsion angles of up to 170º
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Single molecular machine produces four chiral products

2017-09-21T11:41:00Z

A programmable platform for stereodivergent synthesis
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Chiral catalyst switches selectivity in seconds

2017-09-20T11:26:00Z

Helical copper compound’s enantioselectivity can be inverted while reaction is running
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DNA helix has chiral water ‘spine’

2017-06-12T13:07:00Z

Spectroscopy reveals how water molecules form a chiral superstructure in DNA’s minor groove
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Catalyst puts chiral twist on phosphorus drugs

2017-04-28T11:03:00Z

Simple molecule overcomes headache of phosphorus stereochemistry in antiviral drug synthesis
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Chiral nanospirals put polymers in a spin

2017-04-27T14:16:00Z

Spontaneous structures self-assemble inside hexagonal templates
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New organic catalysts mimic vertebrate vision

2017-04-04T09:30:00Z

The use of light-absorbing chiral iminium ions enables novel syntheses
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Chiral molecules could recognise each other’s spin

2017-03-13T11:05:00Z

Charge polarisation could provide an answer to how nature can distinguish mirror image molecules
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Temperature drop triggers chirality twist

2017-01-16T13:05:00Z

Asymmetric reaction’s enantioselectivity turned on its head
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Light responsive molecular motor winds up helicates

2016-11-15T12:01:00Z

Molecular switch enables non-invasive control of chirality
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Graphene oxide and the vortex of chirality

2016-09-08T10:02:00Z

Spinning tunes handedness of graphene oxide sheets
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First detection of chiral molecule in space

2016-06-15T00:00:00Z

Radio telescope detects propylene oxide in a star-forming region of outer space
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Mirror-image trick yields real hits from a virtual chemical library

2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

Scientists use mirror-image protein to identify potential new drugs from a previously unexplored library of natural product enantiomers
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How to tell your left from your right amino acids

2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Colorimetric method lends a hand to chiral amino acid recognition
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Electric switch makes helix change hands

2015-09-03T00:00:00Z

Computational model predicts that external electric fields can reorientate helices by breaking and reforming hydrogen bonds
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Long range chirality transfer observed

2015-06-15T00:00:00Z

Chirality transferred across a distance of 50 chemical bonds and phenomenon could be used in biomolecule detection
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Exploiting the chirality of DNA

2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

DNA covalently bound to cellulose offers new perspectives in asymmetric catalysis
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Detecting chirality

2014-07-28T00:00:00Z

Katia Moskvitch finds out about the latest techniques to determining a molecule’s chirality