One of the great challenges in stereochemistry is the explanation of why some molecules
resolve spontaneously while others do not. In this critical review the recent advances in the …

In the present review we survey the main advances made in recent years on the
understanding of chemical chirality at solid surfaces. Chirality is an important topic, made …

This work reports on the structural and photophysical characterization of D 4-symmetrical
octanuclear circular LnIII helicates,[(R)-or (S)-iPr-Pybox] 8 (LnIII) 8 (THP) 8 (where Ln= Eu …

The concept of chirality dates back to 1848, when Pasteur manually separated left-handed
from right-handed sodium ammonium tartrate crystals. Crystallization is still an important …

From the days of Biot1 and Pasteur, 2 when it was recognized that biopolymers are
composed from residues of a single handedness, scientists were puzzled as to the ancestry …

Research on surface chirality is motivated by the need to develop functional chiral surfaces
for enantiospecific applications. While molecular chirality in 3D has been the subject of study …

Chirality (originated from the Greek word “cheir”, meaning “hand”) is an expression of
nature, which is observed in its various forms. Traditionally, a lack of symmetry is considered …

Theories of prebiotic life suggest that homochirality emerged in Nature in abiotic times via
deterministic or chance scenarios. This chapter deals with experiments demonstrating the …

The enantiomeric excesses determined for eight amino acids and one hydroxy acid of
carbonaceous chondrite meteorites represent to date the only case of molecular asymmetry …

While nonracemic catalysts can generate nonracemic products with or without the nonlinear
relationship in enantiomeric excesses between catalysts and products, racemic catalysts …