ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Key Exploration of intermolecular Bonding in chiral recognition using Advanced laser light Beams
Chiral recognition is the ability of a chiral molecule to discriminate between the two enantiomeric forms of another chiral molecule. An important question is how do intermolecular interactions contribute to high enantioselectivity in several natural and synthetic processes that are key in biochemistry, asymmetric drug and polymer synthesis and analytical chemistry, for example. This enantioselectivity results from thermodynamic and kinetic considerations, but little is known about the dynamic nature of intermolecular interactions at the molecular level. Capturing the time evolution of chiral recognition requires laser imaging techniques that can trace atomic and electronic motions at the…
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