title: Asymmetric autocatalysis initiated by achiral nucleic acid base adenine: implications on the origin of homochirality of biomolecules.
abstract: Enantiomorphous crystals of adeninium dinitrate acted as the source of chirality in asymmetric autocatalysis producing highly enantioenriched (S)- and (R)-5-pyrimidyl alkanols, with the absolute configurations corresponding to that of crystals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mineki
authors.forename: Taichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanasaki
authors.forename: Arimasa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Tsuneomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Kenso
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soai
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: C578295:adeninium dinitrate; D000225:Adenine