title: Achiral Inorganic Gypsum Acts as an Origin of Chirality through Its Enantiotopic Surface in Conjunction with Asymmetric Autocatalysis.
abstract: Achiral inorganic gypsum (CaSO4⋅2 H2O) triggers the asymmetric autocatalysis of pyrimidyl alkanol on its two-dimensional enantiotopic faces to give highly enantioenriched alkanol products with absolute configurations corresponding to the respective enantiotopic surfaces. This is the first example of highly enantioselective synthesis on the enantiotopic surface of an achiral mineral.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.|Research Institute for Science and Technology, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Arimasa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiyasu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaimori
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Mizuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Science and Technology, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.|Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Fukui, Bunkyo, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsuneomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.|Research Institute for Science and Technology, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenso
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soai
keywords: asymmetric catalysis; autocatalysis; gypsum; homochirality; surface chirality