ERC Advanced Grant · 2023
Catalytic Light-induced Deracemization
Molecules are chiral if they exist in two forms, called enantiomers, which behave like image and mirror image. In many applications, e.g. in medicine, nutrition, and crop protection, chiral molecules are required as a single enantiomer (enantiomerically pure compound) but not as a mixture (racemate). The market for enantiomerically pure compounds exceeds 100 billion € annually and continues to grow rapidly. Despite significant recent advances in asymmetric catalysis, many chiral compounds are for cost reasons prepared as racemates and separated thereafter. If only one enantiomer is required, the other enantiomer remains as waste. The aim of the CALIDE project is to provide for the first…
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