A kinetic model of spontaneous amplification of enantiomeric excess in the autocatalytic addition of diisopropylzinc to prochiral pyrimidine carbaldehydes is extended by a negative feedback process. Simulations based on the extended model result in large-amplitude oscillations both in a continuous-flow stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and in a semibatch configuration under optimized initial conditions. When sustained oscillations are maintained in a CSTR, no enantiomeric product distribution could be observed in the calculated series; the system keeps its initial enantiomeric ratio endlessly. During damped oscillations, or steady-state conditions, however, chiral amplification from a very small initial enantiomeric excess to more than 99% occurs in a semibatch configuration. Calculations indicated spontaneous enantiomeric product enrichment (i.e., accumulation of one of the enantiomers at the cost of the other one) from strictly achiral starting conditions in a semibatch configuration due to the inherent numerical error of the integrator method, which can be regarded as a model of the statistical fluctuation in the numbers of enantiomeric molecules.
Oscillatory symmetry breaking in the Soai reaction / Karoly, Micskei; Gyula, Rabai; Emese, Gal; Caglioti, Luciano; Gyula, Palyi. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. B, CONDENSED MATTER, MATERIALS, SURFACES, INTERFACES & BIOPHYSICAL. - ISSN 1520-6106. - STAMPA. - 112:30(2008), pp. 9196-9200. [10.1021/jp803334b]
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Titolo: | Oscillatory symmetry breaking in the Soai reaction | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2008 | |
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Citazione: | Oscillatory symmetry breaking in the Soai reaction / Karoly, Micskei; Gyula, Rabai; Emese, Gal; Caglioti, Luciano; Gyula, Palyi. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. B, CONDENSED MATTER, MATERIALS, SURFACES, INTERFACES & BIOPHYSICAL. - ISSN 1520-6106. - STAMPA. - 112:30(2008), pp. 9196-9200. [10.1021/jp803334b] | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/11984 | |
Appartiene alla tipologia: | 01a Articolo in rivista |