Enantiomorphic symmetry breaking in crystallization of molten sodium chlorate

Enantiomorphic symmetry breaking of stirred samples of molten sodium chlorate is demonstrated, revealing the unexpected involvement of an achiral solid phase. The results should stimulate future computational models of nucleation, including symmetry breaking, and have implications for mechanisms tha...

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Published in:Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) England), 2010-01, Vol.46 (40), p.7634-7636
Main Authors: Ward, Martin R, Copeland, Gary W, Alexander, Andrew J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Broken symmetry
Chlorates
Computation
Crystallization
Mathematical models
Nucleation
Sodium
Solid phases
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Summary:Enantiomorphic symmetry breaking of stirred samples of molten sodium chlorate is demonstrated, revealing the unexpected involvement of an achiral solid phase. The results should stimulate future computational models of nucleation, including symmetry breaking, and have implications for mechanisms that invoke enantiomorphism in natural minerals to explain biohomochirality.
ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/c0cc02563a