Kinetic investigation of porphyrin interaction with chiral templates reveals unexpected features of the induction and self-propagation mechanism of chiral memory.
Kinetics of the porphyrin aggregation leading to a chiral memory system shows a remarkable "catalytic" effect of the noncovalent templates explaining their self-replication ability.
Lauceri
Rosaria
R
Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Sezione di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Fasciglione
Giovanni Francesco
GF
D'Urso
Alessandro
A
Marini
Stefano
S
Purrello
Roberto
R
Coletta
Massimiliano
M
D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D011108:Polymers; D011166:Porphyrins; C016136:tetraphenylporphine sulfonate; D010649:Phenylalanine; D003300:Copper