title: Retention of chirality in electron-induced reactions.
abstract: Two enantiomers were observed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) when meta-iodopyridine was physisorbed on a 4.6 K Cu(110) surface. The chirality of the reagent was retained in the products of the electron-induced reaction. Dynamical calculations showed this to be a consequence of the reaction occurring on one side of the mirror plane.
authors.affiliation: Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Institute of Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada. jpolanyi@chem.utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Lydie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Chen-Guang
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Polanyi