Síntesis, estructura y actividad óptica de HPM-1, una zeolita quiral de sílice pura

Alex Rojas1, Oriol Arteaga, Bart Kahr

  • 1Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28039 Madrid, Spain.

Resumen

Una nueva zeolita quiral, HPM-1, y el organosilicato en capas HPM-2 fueron sintetizados mediante el ajuste de la temperatura. HPM-1 exhibe actividad óptica, con la microscopía de la matriz de Mueller que resulta útil para evaluar la pureza enantiomérica.

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