Molecular polarization and molecular chiralization: The first example of a chiralized xenon atom

In this article we focus on the interaction between a chiral molecule and a single achiral molecule or an ensemble of achiral molecules. The desymmetrization of the achiral molecules resulting from this interaction is described as “chiralization.” By analogy with electric polarization, we factorize...

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Published in:Chirality (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2001, Vol.13 (1), p.2-6
Main Authors: Bartik, Kristin, Luhmer, Michel, Collet, André, Reisse, Jacques
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
chirality
intermolecular interactions
multipolar polarizability
nuclear magnetic resonance
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Summary:In this article we focus on the interaction between a chiral molecule and a single achiral molecule or an ensemble of achiral molecules. The desymmetrization of the achiral molecules resulting from this interaction is described as “chiralization.” By analogy with electric polarization, we factorize chiralization into three factors, i.e., orientation, atomic, and electronic terms. Chiralization depends on the dipolar polarizability of the chiralized molecule but also on polarizabilities of higher order. The experimental part of this work is devoted to the electronic chiralization of a xenon atom and its observation by 129Xe NMR spectroscopy. Chirality 13:2–6, 2001. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:0899-0042
1520-636X
DOI:10.1002/1520-636X(2001)13:1<2::AID-CHIR2>3.0.CO;2-U