Issue 23, 2019
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New Journal of Chemistry

Porous surface of an achiral trimer in the chiral conglomerate phase catalyzes a direct aldol reaction†

Atsushi Yoshizawa ORCID logo *a  and  Misaki Kurataa  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, 3 Bunkyo-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8561, Japan
E-mail: ayoshiza@hirosaki-u.ac.jp

Abstract

A flexible liquid-crystalline trimer in the optically isotropic chiral conglomerate phase catalyzes the direct aldol reaction of acetone with benzaldehyde. We report that the trimer exhibiting a porous surface acts as an enzyme-mimetic catalyst.

Graphical abstract: Porous surface of an achiral trimer in the chiral conglomerate phase catalyzes a direct aldol reaction

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NJ01913H
Article type
Letter
Submitted
14 Apr 2019
Accepted
13 May 2019
First published
15 May 2019

New J. Chem., 2019,43, 8865-8868

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Porous surface of an achiral trimer in the chiral conglomerate phase catalyzes a direct aldol reaction

A. Yoshizawa and M. Kurata, New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 8865 DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ01913H

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