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Li Y, Kurokawa H, Sekine Y, Kebukawa Y, Nakano Y, Kitadai N, Zhang N, Zang X, Ueno Y, Fujimori G, Nakamura R, Fujishima K, Isa J. Aqueous breakdown of aspartate and glutamate to n-ω-amino acids on the parent bodies of carbonaceous chondrites and asteroid Ryugu. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadh7845. [PMID: 38100590 PMCID: PMC10848742 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh7845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Amino acids in carbonaceous chondrites may have seeded the origin of life on Earth and possibly elsewhere. Recently, the return samples from a C-type asteroid Ryugu were found to contain amino acids with a similar distribution to Ivuna-type CI chondrites, suggesting the potential of amino acid abundances as molecular descriptors of parent body geochemistry. However, the chemical mechanisms responsible for the amino acid distributions remain to be elucidated particularly at low temperatures (<50°C). Here, we report that two representative proteinogenic amino acids, aspartic acid and glutamic acid, decompose to β-alanine and γ-aminobutyric acid, respectively, under simulated geoelectrochemical conditions at 25°C. This low-temperature conversion provides a plausible explanation for the enrichment of these two n-ω-amino acids compared to their precursors in heavily aqueously altered CI chondrites and Ryugu's return samples. The results suggest that these heavily aqueously altered samples originated from the water-rich mantle of their water/rock differentiated parent planetesimals where protein α-amino acids were decomposed.
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- Yamei Li
- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
- Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
- Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Japan Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Kakumachi 920-1192, Japan
- Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Aramaki-aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogayaku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogayaku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
- Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
- Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa 252-0882, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba 275-0016, Japan
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Li Y, Kitadai N, Sekine Y, Kurokawa H, Nakano Y, Johnson-Finn K. Geoelectrochemistry-driven alteration of amino acids to derivative organics in carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4893. [PMID: 35986003 PMCID: PMC9391434 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32596-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A long-standing question regarding carbonaceous chondrites (CCs) is how the CCs’ organics were sourced and converted before and after the accretion of their parent bodies. Growing evidence shows that amino acid abundances in CCs decrease with an elongated aqueous alteration. However, the underlying chemical processes are unclear. If CCs’ parent bodies were water-rock differentiated, pH and redox gradients can drive electrochemical reactions by using H2 as an electron source. Here, we simulate such redox conditions and demonstrate that α-amino acids are electrochemically altered to monoamines and α-hydroxy acids on FeS and NiS catalysts at 25 °C. This conversion is consistent with their enrichment compared to amino acid analogs in heavily altered CCs. Our results thus suggest that H2 can be an important driver for organic evolution in water-rock differentiated CC parent bodies as well as the Solar System icy bodies that might possess similar pH and redox gradients. Researchers at Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) discovered a chemical process that can explain the very low amino acid abundances in aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrites, deepening our understanding on the Solar System chemical evolution.
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Sanada K, Washio A, Ishikawa H, Yoshida Y, Mino T, Sakamoto M. Chiral Symmetry Breaking of Monoacylated Anhydroerythritols and meso-1,2-Diols through Crystallization-Induced Deracemization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202201268. [PMID: 35229431 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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We developed a chiral symmetry breaking method for monoacylated meso diols. The X-ray crystal structure analysis of monoacylated 1,4-anhydroerythritols, meso cyclic diols with a cis configuration, revealed that the O-(p-anisoyl) derivative crystallized as a racemic conglomerate of the P21 21 21 crystal system. It was confirmed that the substrate racemized by intramolecular transfer of the acyl group in the presence of a catalytic amount of base. Evaporating the solvent gradually from the solution or Viedma ripening to promote crystallization-induced deracemization efficiently led to enantiomer crystals. These results provide the first successful example of asymmetric expression and amplification by deracemization of sugar derivatives without an external chemical chiral source. Furthermore, we applied this methodology to acyclic meso-1,2-diols. Three O-monoacylated substrates were successfully deracemized to 99 % ee by Viedma ripening. We also developed asymmetric desymmetrization of meso-1,2-diols by combining acylation and crystallization-induced deracemization.
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- Kazutaka Sanada
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan.,Molecular Chirality Research Center, Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan.,Molecular Chirality Research Center, Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan.,Molecular Chirality Research Center, Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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Sallembien Q, Bouteiller L, Crassous J, Raynal M. Possible chemical and physical scenarios towards biological homochirality. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:3436-3476. [PMID: 35377372 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs01179k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The single chirality of biological molecules in terrestrial biology raises more questions than certitudes about its origin. The emergence of biological homochirality (BH) and its connection with the appearance of life have elicited a large number of theories related to the generation, amplification and preservation of a chiral bias in molecules of life under prebiotically relevant conditions. However, a global scenario is still lacking. Here, the possibility of inducing a significant chiral bias "from scratch", i.e. in the absence of pre-existing enantiomerically-enriched chemical species, will be considered first. It includes phenomena that are inherent to the nature of matter itself, such as the infinitesimal energy difference between enantiomers as a result of violation of parity in certain fundamental interactions, and physicochemical processes related to interactions between chiral organic molecules and physical fields, polarized particles, polarized spins and chiral surfaces. The spontaneous emergence of chirality in the absence of detectable chiral physical and chemical sources has recently undergone significant advances thanks to the deracemization of conglomerates through Viedma ripening and asymmetric auto-catalysis with the Soai reaction. All these phenomena are commonly discussed as plausible sources of asymmetry under prebiotic conditions and are potentially accountable for the primeval chiral bias in molecules of life. Then, several scenarios will be discussed that are aimed to reflect the different debates about the emergence of BH: extra-terrestrial or terrestrial origin (where?), nature of the mechanisms leading to the propagation and enhancement of the primeval chiral bias (how?) and temporal sequence between chemical homochirality, BH and life emergence (when?). Intense and ongoing theories regarding the emergence of optically pure molecules at different moments of the evolution process towards life, i.e. at the levels of building blocks of Life, of the instructed or functional polymers, or even later at the stage of more elaborated chemical systems, will be critically discussed. The underlying principles and the experimental evidence will be commented for each scenario with particular attention on those leading to the induction and enhancement of enantiomeric excesses in proteinogenic amino acids, natural sugars, and their intermediates or derivatives. The aim of this review is to propose an updated and timely synopsis in order to stimulate new efforts in this interdisciplinary field.
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- Quentin Sallembien
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, Equipe Chimie des Polymères, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, Equipe Chimie des Polymères, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, ISCR-UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, Equipe Chimie des Polymères, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
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Sanada K, Washio A, Ishikawa H, Yoshida Y, Mino T, Sakamoto M. Chiral Symmetry Breaking of Monoacylated Anhydroerythritols and
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‐1,2‐Diols through Crystallization‐Induced Deracemization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202201268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Kazutaka Sanada
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba Chiba 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba Chiba 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba Chiba 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba Chiba 263-8522 Japan
- Molecular Chirality Research Center Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba Chiba 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba Chiba 263-8522 Japan
- Molecular Chirality Research Center Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba Chiba 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba Chiba 263-8522 Japan
- Molecular Chirality Research Center Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba Chiba 263-8522 Japan
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Tang Y, Liu L, Suzuki J, Teraguchi M, Kaneko T, Aoki T. Novel highly efficient absolute optical resolution method by serial combination of two asymmetric reactions from acetylene monomers having racemic substituents. Chirality 2022; 34:450-461. [PMID: 34997650 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
For general optical resolution, an optical resolution agent is necessary, and the best agent should be selected for each racemic compound. In this study, we will report that a novel optical resolution method by circularly polarized light (CPL) without any optical resolution agents has been developed by serially connecting two enantioselective reactions. These reactions we developed are the enantiomer-selective helix-sense-selective polymerization (ES-HSSP) and helix-sense-selective highly selective photocyclic aromatization (SCAT) by CPL (HS-SCAT). Since this significantly unique EPHS method (EPHS = ES-HSSP + HS-SCAT) does not need any optical resolution agents, any cocatalysts, and solvents for the selective decomposition reaction (HS-SCAT), this process is quite simple and convenient. Since this process does not include any decomposition of the target racemates themselves, both enantiomers could be obtained. The optical yields for isolated compounds that were enantiomerically separated by the EPHS method were very high, for example, 78%ee, 93%ee, and 85%ee for menthol, phenethyl alcohol, and 2-butanol, respectively. In addition, their chemical yields were around 85% to 94%. Therefore, the EPHS method was found to show an excellent performance and can be applied to actual optical resolution for a wide range of racemic compounds. This is the first absolute optical resolution by CPL showing high optical and chemical yields and expected to become a practical optical resolution method.
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- Yanan Tang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Yantai Research Institute and Graduate School, Harbin Engineering University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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Tang Y, Liu L, Suzuki J, Teraguchi M, Kaneko T, Aoki T. Highly Efficient Absolute Optical Resolution with Circularly Polarized Light via Two Serial Enantioselective Reactions of Acetylene Monomers Bearing a Racemic Substituent. CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.210341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Yanan Tang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Bocková J, Jones NC, Meierhenrich UJ, Hoffmann SV, Meinert C. Chiroptical activity of hydroxycarboxylic acids with implications for the origin of biological homochirality. Commun Chem 2021; 4:86. [PMID: 36697718 PMCID: PMC9814692 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-021-00524-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Circularly polarised light (CPL) interacting with interstellar organic molecules might have imparted chiral bias and hence preluded prebiotic evolution of biomolecular homochirality. The L-enrichment of extra-terrestrial amino acids in meteorites, as opposed to no detectable excess in monocarboxylic acids and amines, has previously been attributed to their intrinsic interaction with stellar CPL revealed by substantial differences in their chiroptical signals. Recent analyses of meteoritic hydroxycarboxylic acids (HCAs) - potential co-building blocks of ancestral proto-peptides - indicated a chiral bias toward the L-enantiomer of lactic acid. Here we report on novel anisotropy spectra of several HCAs using a synchrotron radiation electronic circular dichroism spectrophotometer to support the re-evaluation of chiral biomarkers of extra-terrestrial origin in the context of absolute photochirogenesis. We found that irradiation by CPL which would yield L-excess in amino acids would also yield L-excess in aliphatic chain HCAs, including lactic acid and mandelic acid, in the examined conditions. Only tartaric acid would show "unnatural" D-enrichment, which makes it a suitable target compound for further assessing the relevance of the CPL scenario.
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- Jana Bocková
- grid.460782.f0000 0004 4910 6551University Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Institute de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Nice, France
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- grid.7048.b0000 0001 1956 2722ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- grid.460782.f0000 0004 4910 6551University Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Institute de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Nice, France
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- grid.7048.b0000 0001 1956 2722ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- grid.460782.f0000 0004 4910 6551University Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Institute de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Nice, France
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Evans AC, Petit AS, Guillen SG, Neukirch AJ, Hoffmann SV, Jones NC. Chiroptical characterization tools for asymmetric small molecules - experimental and computational approaches for electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and anisotropy spectroscopy. RSC Adv 2021; 11:1635-1643. [PMID: 35424126 PMCID: PMC8693638 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra06832b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Synchrotron radiation electronic circular dichroism (SRECD) and anisotropy spectroscopy for both enantiomers of a group of small non-planar chiral molecules are reported here. The experimental SRECD spectra are compared to computational ECD spectra generated using time-dependent density functional theory and a thermal averaging over relevant molecular configurations. The combination of these experimental and computational characterization methodologies for such molecules enables the prediction and understanding of the spectral behavior of other small molecules, in addition to chiroptically characterizing members of the mandelic acid family substructure. Enantiomeric purity of samples can be evaluated in comparison with these spectra and the extent of photolytic enantioinduction can also be predicted using these experimental/calculated SRECD and anisotropy spectra. Experimental and computational electronic circular dichroism spectra are used in conjunction with anisotropy spectra to chiroptically characterize mandelic acid and its derivatives into the vacuum UV.![]()
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- Amanda C Evans
- Biosciences/Theoretical Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory P.O. Box 1663, Mailstop E529 Los Alamos NM 87544 USA
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- Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton 800 N. State College Blvd. Fullerton CA 92831 USA
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- Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton 800 N. State College Blvd. Fullerton CA 92831 USA
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- Biosciences/Theoretical Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory P.O. Box 1663, Mailstop E529 Los Alamos NM 87544 USA
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- ISA, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University Ny Munkegade 120 DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark
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- ISA, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University Ny Munkegade 120 DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark
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Kalayci K, Frisch H, Truong VX, Barner-Kowollik C. Green light triggered [2+2] cycloaddition of halochromic styrylquinoxaline-controlling photoreactivity by pH. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4193. [PMID: 32826921 PMCID: PMC7443129 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18057-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Photochemical reactions are a powerful tool in (bio)materials design due to the spatial and temporal control light can provide. To extend their applications in biological setting, the use of low-energy, long wavelength light with high penetration propertiesis required. Further regulation of the photochemical process by additional stimuli, such as pH, will open the door for construction of highly regulated systems in nanotechnology- and biology-driven applications. Here we report the green light induced [2+2] cycloaddition of a halochromic system based on a styrylquinoxaline moiety, which allows for its photo-reactivity to be switched on and off by adjusting the pH of the system. Critically, the [2+2] photocycloaddition can be activated by green light (λ up to 550 nm), which is the longest wavelength employed to date in catalyst-free photocycloadditions in solution. Importantly, the pH-dependence of the photo-reactivity was mapped by constant photon action plots. The action plots further indicate that the choice of solvent strongly impacts the system's photo-reactivity. Indeed, higher conversion and longer activation wavelengths were observed in water compared to acetonitrile under identical reaction conditions. The wider applicability of the system was demonstrated in the crosslinking of an 8-arm PEG to form hydrogels (ca. 1 cm in thickness) with a range of mechanical properties and pH responsiveness, highlighting the potential of the system in materials science.
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- Kubra Kalayci
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
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- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
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- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
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Origin of Terrestrial Bioorganic Homochirality and Symmetry Breaking in the Universe. Symmetry (Basel) 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/sym11070919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The origin of terrestrial bioorganic homochirality is one of the most important and unresolved problems in the study of chemical evolution prior to the origin of terrestrial life. One hypothesis advocated in the context of astrobiology is that polarized quantum radiation in space, such as circularly polarized photons or spin-polarized leptons, induced asymmetric chemical and physical conditions in the primitive interstellar media (the cosmic scenario). Another advocated hypothesis in the context of symmetry breaking in the universe is that the bioorganic asymmetry is intrinsically derived from the chiral asymmetric properties of elementary particles, that is, parity violation in the weak interaction (the intrinsic scenario). In this paper, the features of these two scenarios are discussed and approaches to validate them are reviewed.
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Sugahara H, Meinert C, Nahon L, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, Hamase K, Takano Y, Meierhenrich UJ. d-Amino acids in molecular evolution in space - Absolute asymmetric photolysis and synthesis of amino acids by circularly polarized light. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2018; 1866:743-758. [PMID: 29357311 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Living organisms on the Earth almost exclusively use l-amino acids for the molecular architecture of proteins. The biological occurrence of d-amino acids is rare, although their functions in various organisms are being gradually understood. A possible explanation for the origin of biomolecular homochirality is the delivery of enantioenriched molecules via extraterrestrial bodies, such as asteroids and comets on early Earth. For the asymmetric formation of amino acids and their precursor molecules in interstellar environments, the interaction with circularly polarized photons is considered to have played a potential role in causing chiral asymmetry. In this review, we summarize recent progress in the investigation of chirality transfer from chiral photons to amino acids involving the two major processes of asymmetric photolysis and asymmetric synthesis. We will discuss analytical data on cometary and meteoritic amino acids and their potential impact delivery to the early Earth. The ongoing and future ambitious space missions, Hayabusa2, OSIRIS-REx, ExoMars 2020, and MMX, are scheduled to provide new insights into the chirality of extraterrestrial organic molecules and their potential relation to the terrestrial homochirality. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: d-Amino acids: biology in the mirror, edited by Dr. Loredano Pollegioni, Dr. Jean-Pierre Mothet and Dr. Molla Gianluca.
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- Haruna Sugahara
- Institut de Chimie de Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, UMR 7272, 06108 Nice, France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, UMR 7272, 06108 Nice, France
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- L'Orme des Merisiers, Synchrotron SOLEIL, BP 48 Saint Aubin, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biogeochemistry, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, UMR 7272, 06108 Nice, France.
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Sharma A. Enantiomeric excess by magnetic circular dichroism in Archaean atmosphere. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13295. [PMID: 29038605 PMCID: PMC5643348 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13653-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Evolution of homochirality requires an initial enantiomeric excess (EE) between right and left-handed biomolecules. We show that magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) of sun's ultraviolet C light by oxygen in Archaean earth's anoxic atmosphere followed by chirally selective damage of biomolecules due to circular dichroism (CD) can generate EE of correct handedness. Our calculation of EE uses published data for CD of biomolecules and accepted magnitude for Archaean earth's magnetic field. Independent of atmospheric oxygen concentration calculated EE has the same sign for all pyrimidine nucleosides which is opposite to that for amino-acids. Purine nucleosides have smaller EE values with opposite sign to pyrimidines but are less susceptible to UV damage. Homochirality is explained by origin of prebiotic life in one hemisphere of earth and its evolution to EE ~ ± 1 before reversal of terrestrial magnetic field. Chirality of biomolecules is decided by the direction of magnetic field where prebiotic life originated on Archaean earth.
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- A Sharma
- Department of Physics, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL, 35762, USA.
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Meinert C, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, Meierhenrich UJ. Anisotropy spectroscopy of chiral alcohols, amines, and monocarboxylic acids: Implications for the analyses of extraterrestrial samples. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Myrgorodska I, Meinert C, Hoffmann SV, Jones NC, Nahon L, Meierhenrich UJ. Light on Chirality: Absolute Asymmetric Formation of Chiral Molecules Relevant in Prebiotic Evolution. Chempluschem 2016; 82:74-87. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201600214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Iuliia Myrgorodska
- Institut de Chimie de Nice ICN, UMR CNRS 7272; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculté des Sciences; Parc Valrose 06108 Nice France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL; L'Orme des Merisiers; BP 48 Saint Aubin 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice ICN, UMR CNRS 7272; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculté des Sciences; Parc Valrose 06108 Nice France
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Aarhus University; 8000 Aarhus C Denmark
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Aarhus University; 8000 Aarhus C Denmark
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL; L'Orme des Merisiers; BP 48 Saint Aubin 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice ICN, UMR CNRS 7272; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculté des Sciences; Parc Valrose 06108 Nice France
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Evans AC, Meinert C, Bredehöft JH, Giri C, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, Meierhenrich UJ. Anisotropy Spectra for Enantiomeric Differentiation of Biomolecular Building Blocks. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2013; 341:271-99. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Evans AC, Meinert C, Giri C, Goesmann F, Meierhenrich UJ. Chirality, photochemistry and the detection of amino acids in interstellar ice analogues and comets. Chem Soc Rev 2012; 41:5447-58. [PMID: 22576562 DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35051c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The primordial appearance of chiral amino acids was an essential component of the asymmetric evolution of life on Earth. In this tutorial review we will explore the original life-generating, symmetry-breaking event and summarise recent thoughts on the origin of enantiomeric excess in the universe. We will then highlight the transfer of asymmetry from chiral photons to racemic amino acids and elucidate current experimental data on the photochemical synthesis of amino and diamino acid structures in simulated interstellar and circumstellar ice environments. The chirality inherent within actual interstellar (cometary) ice environments will be considered in this discussion: in 2014 the Rosetta Lander Philae onboard the Rosetta space probe is planned to detach from the orbiter and soft-land on the surface of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It is equipped for the in situ enantioselective analysis of chiral prebiotic organic species in cometary ices. The scientific design of this mission will therefore be presented in the context of analysing the formation of amino acid structures within interstellar ice analogues as a means towards furthering understanding of the origin of asymmetric biological molecules.
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- Amanda C Evans
- University of Cambridge, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge CB3 0DF, UK.
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Yagishita F, Mino T, Fujita T, Sakamoto M. Two-Step Asymmetric Reaction Using the Frozen Chirality Generated by Spontaneous Crystallization. Org Lett 2012; 14:2638-41. [DOI: 10.1021/ol301033r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Fumitoshi Yagishita
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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Sarker PK, Takahashi JI, Kawamoto Y, Obayashi Y, Kaneko T, Kobayashi K. Photostability of Iiovaline and its precursor 5-Ethyl-5- methylhydantoin exposed to simulated space radiations. Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:1006-1017. [PMID: 22312300 PMCID: PMC3269734 DOI: 10.3390/ijms13011006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Revised: 01/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Aqueous solutions of isovaline and its precursor molecule, 5-ethyl-5-methylhydantoin, were irradiated with ultraviolet and γ-ray photons, to evaluate their structural stability against space radiation. The degree of photolysis was measured and irradiation products were identified using chiral, reversed-phase and ion-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography. The experimental results show that the degree of photolysis of 5-ethyl-5-methylhydantoin is more significant than that of isovaline under ultraviolet light irradiation, while the results under γ-ray irradiation are the opposite. As the products of isovaline photolysis, aspartic acid, serine, glutamic acid and alanine were dominantly detected.
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- Palash K. Sarker
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan; E-Mails: (Y.K.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (K.K.)
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- NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories, 3-1 Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi 243-0198, Japan; E-Mail:
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan; E-Mails: (Y.K.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (K.K.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan; E-Mails: (Y.K.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (K.K.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan; E-Mails: (Y.K.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (K.K.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan; E-Mails: (Y.K.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (K.K.)
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Giri C, Goesmann F, Meinert C, Evans AC, Meierhenrich UJ. Synthesis and Chirality of Amino Acids Under Interstellar Conditions. BIOCHIRALITY 2012; 333:41-82. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2012_367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Meinert C, de Marcellus P, d'Hendecourt LLS, Nahon L, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, Bredehöft JH, Meierhenrich UJ. Photochirogenesis: photochemical models on the absolute asymmetric formation of amino acids in interstellar space. Phys Life Rev 2011; 8:307-30. [PMID: 21924690 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2011.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Proteins of all living organisms including plants, animals, and humans are made up of amino acid monomers that show identical stereochemical L-configuration. Hypotheses for the origin of this symmetry breaking in biomolecules include the absolute asymmetric photochemistry model by which interstellar ultraviolet (UV) circularly polarized light (CPL) induces an enantiomeric excess in chiral organic molecules in the interstellar/circumstellar media. This scenario is supported by a) the detection of amino acids in the organic residues of UV-photo-processed interstellar ice analogues, b) the occurrence of L-enantiomer-enriched amino acids in carbonaceous meteorites, and c) the observation of CPL of the same helicity over large distance scales in the massive star-forming region of Orion. These topics are of high importance in topical biophysical research and will be discussed in this review. Further evidence that amino acids and other molecules of prebiotic interest are asymmetrically formed in space comes from studies on the enantioselective photolysis of amino acids by UV-CPL. Also, experiments have been performed on the absolute asymmetric photochemical synthesis of enantiomer-enriched amino acids from mixtures of astrophysically relevant achiral precursor molecules using UV-circularly polarized photons. Both approaches are based on circular dichroic transitions of amino acids that will be highlighted here as well. These results have strong implications on our current understanding of how life's precursor molecules were possibly built and how life selected the left-handed form of proteinogenic amino acids.
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- Cornelia Meinert
- Faculté des Sciences, UMR 6001 CNRS, LCMBA, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 28 Avenue Valrose, 06108 Nice, France.
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Tseng CM, Dyakov YA, Huang HC, Huang KY, Lee YT, Ni CK, Chiang SY. Photodissociation dynamics of tryptophan and the implication of asymmetric photolysis. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:074307. [PMID: 20726642 DOI: 10.1063/1.3474992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Photodissociation of amino acid tryptophan in a molecular beam at wavelengths of 212.8 and 193 nm, corresponding to excitation to the second and third absorption bands, was investigated using multimass ion imaging techniques. The respective wavelengths also represent excitation to the edge of a positive circular dichroism band and the center of a negative circular dichroism band of L-tryptophan. Only one dissociation channel was observed at both photolysis wavelengths: C(8)NH(6)CH(2)CHNH(2)COOH-->C(8)NH(6)CH(2)+CHNH(2)COOH. Dissociation rates were found to be 1.3x10(6) and 5x10(6) s(-1) at the respective wavelengths. Comparison to theoretical calculation indicates that dissociation occurs on the ground state after internal conversion. Implication of asymmetric photolysis is discussed.
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- Chien-Ming Tseng
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Photochirogenesis: Photochemical Models on the Origin of Biomolecular Homochirality. Symmetry (Basel) 2010. [DOI: 10.3390/sym2021055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Yashima E, Maeda K, Iida H, Furusho Y, Nagai K. Helical Polymers: Synthesis, Structures, and Functions. Chem Rev 2009; 109:6102-211. [PMID: 19905011 DOI: 10.1021/cr900162q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1254] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Eiji Yashima
- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan, and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan, and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan, and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan, and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan, and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Takahashi JI, Shinojima H, Seyama M, Ueno Y, Kaneko T, Kobayashi K, Mita H, Adachi M, Hosaka M, Katoh M. Chirality emergence in thin solid films of amino acids by polarized light from synchrotron radiation and free electron laser. Int J Mol Sci 2009; 10:3044-3064. [PMID: 19742124 PMCID: PMC2738911 DOI: 10.3390/ijms10073044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2009] [Revised: 06/30/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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One of the most attractive hypothesis for the origin of homochirality in terrestrial bioorganic compounds is that a kind of “chiral impulse” as an asymmetric excitation source induced asymmetric reactions on the surfaces of such materials such as meteorites or interstellar dusts prior to the existence of terrestrial life (Cosmic Scenario). To experimentally introduce chiral structure into racemic films of amino acids (alanine, phenylalanine, isovaline, etc.), we irradiated them with linearly polarized light (LPL) from synchrotron radiation and circularly polarized light (CPL) from a free electron laser. After the irradiation, we evaluated optical anisotropy by measuring the circular dichroism (CD) spectra and verified that new Cotton peaks appeared at almost the same peak position as those of the corresponding non-racemic amino acid films. With LPL irradiation, two-dimensional anisotropic structure expressed as linear dichroism and/or linear birefringence was introduced into the racemic films. With CPL irradiation, the signs of the Cotton peaks exhibit symmetrical structure corresponding to the direction of CPL rotation. This indicates that some kinds of chiral structure were introduced into the racemic film. The CD spectra after CPL irradiation suggest the chiral structure should be derived from not only preferential photolysis but also from photolysis-induced molecular structural change. These results suggest that circularly polarized light sources in space could be associated with the origin of terrestrial homochirality; that is, they would be effective asymmetric exciting sources introducing chiral structures into bio-organic molecules or complex organic compounds.
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- Jun-ichi Takahashi
- NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories / 3-1, Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, 243-0198 Japan; E-Mails:
(H.S.);
(M.S.);
(Y.U.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail:
(J.T.); Tel. +86-46-240-2469; Fax: +86-46-240-4728
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- NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories / 3-1, Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, 243-0198 Japan; E-Mails:
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(Y.U.)
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- NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories / 3-1, Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, 243-0198 Japan; E-Mails:
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(M.S.);
(Y.U.)
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- NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories / 3-1, Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, 243-0198 Japan; E-Mails:
(H.S.);
(M.S.);
(Y.U.)
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- Yokohama National University / 79-5, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, 240-8501 Japan; E-Mails:
(T.K.);
(K.K.)
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- Yokohama National University / 79-5, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, 240-8501 Japan; E-Mails:
(T.K.);
(K.K.)
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- Fukuoka Institute of Technology / 3-30-1, Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 811-0295 Japan; E-Mail:
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- UVSOR / 38, Nishigou-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585 Japan; E-Mails:
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- Nagoya University / Furou-cho, Chigusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan; E-Mail:
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- UVSOR / 38, Nishigou-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585 Japan; E-Mails:
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Morino K, Kaptein B, Yashima E. Detection of the chirality of C alpha-methylated alpha-amino acids with a dynamic helical poly(phenylacetylene) bearing aza-18-crown-6 ether pendants. Chirality 2007; 18:717-22. [PMID: 16856161 DOI: 10.1002/chir.20303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A stereoregular poly(phenylacetylene) bearing the aza-18-crown-6 ether pendants (poly-1) was found to form a predominantly one-handed helix upon complexation with optically active C(alpha)-methylated alpha-amino acids and their amide derivatives including typical meteoritic C(alpha)-methylated alpha-amino acids such as C(alpha)-methyl norvaline and C(alpha)-methyl valine. The complexes exhibited an induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the UV-visible region of the polymer backbone. Therefore, poly-1 can be used as a novel probe for detection of the chirality of C(alpha)-methylated alpha-amino acids. The effect of the enantiomeric excess (ee) of C(alpha)-methylated alpha-amino acids on the helicity induction in poly-1 was also investigated.
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- Kazuhide Morino
- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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Meierhenrich UJ, Nahon L, Alcaraz C, Bredehöft JH, Hoffmann SV, Barbier B, Brack A. Asymmetrische Vakuum-UV-Photolyse der Aminosäure Leucin in fester Phase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200501311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Meierhenrich UJ, Nahon L, Alcaraz C, Bredehöft JH, Hoffmann SV, Barbier B, Brack A. Asymmetric Vacuum UV photolysis of the Amino Acid Leucine in the Solid State. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2005; 44:5630-4. [PMID: 16035020 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Uwe J Meierhenrich
- Laboratoire A.S.I. et Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique, UMR 6001 CNRS-UNSA, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculté des Sciences, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice, France.
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Takano Y, Tsuboi T, Kaneko T, Kobayashi K, Marumo K. Pyrolysis of High-Molecular-Weight Complex Organics Synthesized from a Simulated Interstellar Gas Mixture Irradiated with 3 MeV Proton Beam. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2004. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.77.779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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TAKANO Y, MARUMO K, KOBAYASHI K, TAKAHASHI JI. Separation and detection limit of chiral amino acids in multiple components by analytical techniques. BUNSEKI KAGAKU 2004. [DOI: 10.2116/bunsekikagaku.53.1507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Yoshinori TAKANO
- Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University
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Sakamoto M, Iwamoto T, Nono N, Ando M, Arai W, Mino T, Fujita T. Memory of chirality generated by spontaneous crystallization and asymmetric synthesis using the frozen chirality. J Org Chem 2003; 68:942-6. [PMID: 12558419 DOI: 10.1021/jo0266689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Asymmetric synthesis using frozen chirality generated by spontaneous crystallization was performed. Achiral asymmetrically substituted imide with a tetrahydronaphthyl group on the nitrogen atom crystallized in a chiral fashion, with space group P2(1)2(1)2(1). The molecular chirality generated by spontaneous crystallization was retained in cold THF. The half-life determined on the basis of decreasing optical activity followed by CD spectrometer was 7.8, 33.1, and 150.0 min at -20, -30, -40 degrees C, respectively. The energy barrier (DeltaG()) of racemization was calculated with the temperature dependence of the kinetic constant to be 18.24-18.36 kcal mol(-)(1) at 233-253 K. The memorized frozen chirality was transferred to permanent optically active alcohols by nucleophilic addition with n-buthyllithium.
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- Masami Sakamoto
- Department of Materials Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.
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Nonokawa R, Yashima E. Detection and amplification of a small enantiomeric imbalance in alpha-amino acids by a helical poly(phenylacetylene) with crown ether pendants. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:1278-83. [PMID: 12553829 DOI: 10.1021/ja028348c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have designed a novel stereoregular poly(phenylacetylene) bearing the bulky crown ether as the pendant (poly-1) for the amino acid binding site. The polymer forms a one-handed helix upon complexation with l-amino acid perchlorates, and the complexes exhibit an induced circular dichroism (ICD) with the same Cotton effect signs in the polymer backbone region through a significant cooperative interaction. Poly-1 is highly sensitive to the amino acid chirality and can detect an extremely small enantiomeric imbalance in alpha-amino acids (less than 0.005% enantiomeric excess of alanine, for example).
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- Ryuji Nonokawa
- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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Nishino H, Kosaka A, Hembury GA, Aoki F, Miyauchi K, Shitomi H, Onuki H, Inoue Y. Absolute Asymmetric Photoreactions of Aliphatic Amino Acids by Circularly Polarized Synchrotron Radiation: Critically pH-Dependent Photobehavior. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:11618-27. [PMID: 12296726 DOI: 10.1021/ja025959w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The absolute asymmetric photoreaction (AAP) of racemic aliphatic amino acids, such as alanine (Ala) and leucine (Leu), by left- and right-handed circularly polarized light (l- and r-CPL) irradiation was investigated in aqueous solutions at various pHs, by using the Onuki-type polarizing undulator installed in an electron storage ring. The magnitude of the optical purity (op) generated and the enantiomer-enriching mechanism operative in the AAP were found to be entirely dependent on the ionic state (and thus pH) of the amino/carboxylic acid moieties. At pH 1, the op of Ala and Leu determined by circular dichroism (CD) spectral measurement gradually developed with CPL irradiation, according to Kagan's equation. In contrast, irradiation at pH 7 gave op's much smaller than the theoretical values predicted by Kagan's equation. However, it turned out that the photodecomposition at pH 7 produces the corresponding alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids stereoselectively, the CD sign of which is just opposite to that of the remaining amino acid, thus affording the apparently small op. It is concluded that, irrespective of solution pH, the AAP of amino acid proceeds upon CPL irradiation. At pH 1, the photodecomposition of valine, Leu, and isoleucine occurs via a Norrish type II mechanism, which is also applicable to other amino acids possessing a gamma-hydrogen. In the case of amino acids lacking a gamma-hydrogen, such as glycine and Ala, the photodecomposition mechanism is a photodeamination/hydroxylation and a Norrish type I reaction. At pH 7, the main photoproducts were ammonia and alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids that were produced via photodeamination.
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- Hideo Nishino
- Entropy Control Project (ICORP) and Inoue Photochirogenesis (ERATO), JST, 4-6-3 Kamishinden, Toyonaka 560-0085, Japan
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One of the most interesting phenomena on Earth is the chirality of biomolecules, the origin of which remains unknown. A challenge arising from this phenomenon is the selective, atom-economic synthesis of enantiomerically pure target molecules from nonchiral starting materials. Herein, new developments in the field of asymmetric photochemistry and photochirogenesis are described with special emphasis on absolute asymmetric synthesis. In this context, the elucidation of the ultimate cause of homochirality phenomena on earth and the possible correlation with physicochemical parameters are also presented.
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- Axel G Griesbeck
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Köln, Greinstrasse 4, 50939 Köln, Germany.
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