Asymmetric autocatalysis induced by meteoritic amino acids with hydrogen isotope chirality.
Achiral meteoritic amino acids, glycine and alpha-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.
Kawasaki
Tsuneomi
T
Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
Shimizu
Masako
M
Nishiyama
Daisuke
D
Ito
Masateru
M
Ozawa
Hitomi
H
Soai
Kenso
K
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D001331:Automation; D002384:Catalysis; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D000069497:Origin of Life; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D000596:Amino Acids; D006859:Hydrogen