title: Progress toward the first observation of parity violation in chiral molecules by high-resolution laser spectroscopy.
abstract: Parity violation (PV) effects in chiral molecules have so far never been experimentally observed. To take up this challenge, a consortium of physicists, chemists, theoreticians, and spectroscopists has been established and aims at measuring PV energy differences between two enantiomers by using high-resolution laser spectroscopy. In this article, we present our common strategy to reach this goal, the progress accomplished in the diverse areas, and point out directions for future PV observations. The work of André Collet on bromochlorofluoromethane (1) enantiomers, their synthesis, and their chiral recognition by cryptophanes made feasible the first generation of experiments presented in this article.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, UMR7538 Université Paris 13-CNRS, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France. benoit.darquie@univ-paris13.fr
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Darquié
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stoeffler
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shelkovnikov
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Daussy
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amy-Klein
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chardonnet
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zrig
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guy
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crassous
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soulard
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Asselin
authors.forename: Thérèse R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Huet
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schwerdtfeger
authors.forename: Radovan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bast
authors.forename: Trond
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saue
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007834:Lasers; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D012211:Rhenium / Q000737:chemistry; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014465:Ultrasonics; D014520:Urethane / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D014520:Urethane; D012211:Rhenium