Title
Dissymmetry enhancement in enantioselective synthesis of helical polydiacetylene by application of superchiral light
Author
Chenlu He, Guang Yang, Yan Kuai, Sizhen Shan, Lin Yang, Jingang Hu, Douguo Zhang, Qijin Zhang, Gang Zou
Year
2018
Journal
Nature Communications
Abstract
Superchiral light, generated by the interference of two counter-propagating circularly polarized light (CPL) with same frequency, opposite handedness and different intensity, exhibits enhanced dissymmetry in its interaction with chiral molecules, and has the potential for ultrasensitive detection and characterization of chiral molecules. It is anticipated that the enhanced optical dissymmetry in superchiral light (SCL) field may be utilized to promote asymmetric photochemical reactions efficiency. Herein we reported SCL impart greater chiral bias to trigger asymmetric photo-polymerization reaction from initially achiral diacetylene (DA) monomer, and the enhanced optical dissymmetry for whole polydiacetylene (PDA) films could be achieved. An explanation based on the chiral transfer and amplification of chiral bias from SCL during the polymerization process has been proposed. Moreover, thus formed chiral PDA films polymerized by SCL exhibited enhanced enantioselective recognition ability, and can serve as a direct visual probe for the discrimination of some specific enantiomers.
Full Article
Instrument
J-810
Keywords
Circular dichroism, Stereochemistry, Thermal stability, Solid state, Materials