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The asymmetric synthesis of halogenated compounds from carboxylic acids is world first

18 Jul 2017


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Toyohashi University of Technology research team developed a new reaction to produce chlorinated compounds with high isomeric purity. Such compounds are important building blocks for target molecules. However the molecules come in left- and right-handed versions (enantiomers). They can be produced from carboxylic acids, by replacing an acid with a chlorine; however, conventional methods produce equal mixtures of both isomers, but the new method with a chiral amine catalyst specifically yields the desired isomer.

Full text: The asymmetric synthesis of halogenated compounds from carboxylic acids is world first
TUT website: Press release

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