title: Self-assembly of folic acid: a chiral-aligning medium for enantiodiscrimination of organic molecules in an aqueous environment.
abstract: Weak orienting medium: Self-assembly of alkaline salt of folic acid yielded a weak liquid-crystalline phase in an aqueous environment. This medium has the ability to discriminate enantiomers. The mesophase exists over a broad range and has the physical parameter dependent tunability of degree of alignment (see scheme).
authors: NMR Research Centre and Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
authors: Lokesh
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Suryaprakash
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000737:chemistry*; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D005492:Folic Acid; D000409:Alanine