Issue 98, 2016

Explosive enantiospecific decomposition of aspartic acid on Cu surfaces

Abstract

Aspartic acid adsorbed on Cu surfaces is doubly deprotonated. On chiral Cu(643)R&S its enantiomers undergo enantiospecific decomposition via an autocatalytic explosion. Once initiated, the decomposition mechanism proceeds via sequential cleavage of the C3–C4 and C1–C2 bonds each yielding CO2, followed by conversion of the remaining species into N[triple bond, length as m-dash]CCH3.

Graphical abstract: Explosive enantiospecific decomposition of aspartic acid on Cu surfaces

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Aug 2016
Accepted
07 Nov 2016
First published
08 Nov 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 14125-14128

Explosive enantiospecific decomposition of aspartic acid on Cu surfaces

B. S. Mhatre, S. Dutta, A. Reinicker, B. Karagoz and A. J. Gellman, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 14125 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC06887A

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