Polyleucines of various lengths act as enantioselective catalysts in the aldol condensation between cyclohexanone and various aromatic aldehydes. Polyleucine and other polyamino acids behave as synthetic enzymes in the epoxidation of chalcone and other electron-deficient alkenes. Both reactions are of considerable prebiotic significance. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Enantioselective reactions catalyzed by synthetic enzymes. A model for chemical evolution / Stefano, Colonna; Dario, Perdicchia; DI MAURO, Ernesto. - In: TETRAHEDRON-ASYMMETRY. - ISSN 0957-4166. - STAMPA. - 20:15(2009), pp. 1709-1714. [10.1016/j.tetasy.2009.07.007]
Enantioselective reactions catalyzed by synthetic enzymes. A model for chemical evolution
DI MAURO, Ernesto
2009
Abstract
Polyleucines of various lengths act as enantioselective catalysts in the aldol condensation between cyclohexanone and various aromatic aldehydes. Polyleucine and other polyamino acids behave as synthetic enzymes in the epoxidation of chalcone and other electron-deficient alkenes. Both reactions are of considerable prebiotic significance. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
