Macromolecules

Optically active helical substituted polyacetylenes as chiral seeding for inducing enantioselective crystallization of racemic n-(tert-butoxycarbonyl) alanine

B Chen, J Deng, X Cui, W Yang

Index: Chen, Bo; Deng, Jianping; Cui, Xin; Yang, Wantai Macromolecules, 2011 , vol. 44, # 18 p. 7109 - 7114

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Abstract

Helical substituted polyacetylenes were investigated for inducing enantioselective crystallization of racemic N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl) alanine (BOC-alanine) enantiomers. For this purpose, helical substituted polyacetylenes [(R)-PSA and (S)-PSA)] were dissolved in supersaturated racemic BOC-alanine solutions. Upon cooling the solutions,(R)-PSA preferentially induced BOC-l-alanine to crystallize, while (S)-PSA facilitated the ...