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Enantiomeric recognition of amino acids using a chiral spiropyran derivative
Kazunori Tsubaki1, Koichiro Mukoyoshi, Hiroshi Morikawa
1Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan.
Chirality
|September 19, 2002
Abstract:
An optically active spiropyran 1 with a binaphthol moiety as a chiral source was synthesized. The colored merocyanine form of (R)-1 obtained by the UV irradiation remained in the presence of D-amino acids longer than with L-amino acids.