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Chem. Commun., 2009, 4396 - 4398, DOI: 10.1039/b908754k

Asymmetric autocatalysis induced by meteoritic amino acids with hydrogen isotope chirality

Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Masako Shimizu, Daisuke Nishiyama, Masateru Ito, Hitomi Ozawa and Kenso Soai

Achiral meteoritic amino acids, glycine and -methylalanine, with hydrogen isotope (D/H) chirality, acted as the source of chirality in asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of ee to afford highly enantioenriched 5-pyrimidyl alkanols.

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