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SUBMITTER: Richardson RD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5707454 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chemical science 20150416 7
Asymmetric photochemical synthesis using circularly polarized (CP) light is theoretically attractive as a means of absolute asymmetric synthesis and postulated as an explanation for homochirality on Earth. Using an asymmetric photochemical synthesis of a dihydrohelicene as an example, we demonstrate the principle that two wavelengths of CP light can be used to control separate reactions. In doing so, a photostationary state (PSS) is set up in such a way that the enantiomeric induction intrinsic ...[more]