Autopoietic self-reproduction of chiral fatty acid vesicles

K Morigaki, S Dallavalle, P Walde…

Index: Morigaki, Kenichi; Dallavalle, Sabrina; Walde, Peter; Colonna, Stefano; Luisi, Pier Luigi Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1997 , vol. 119, # 2 p. 292 - 301

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Abstract

The self-reproduction of vesicles formed by (S)-and (R)-2-methyldodecanoic acid (4) was investigated in order to relate the autocatalytic increase of the vesicle concentration with enantioselectivity. 4 (R) and 4 (S) were synthesized with an enantiomeric excess greater than 98%. 4 forms vesicles in aqueous solution in the pH region between 8.8 and 7.5. Chiral properties of the vesicles were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and ...