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ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS [1 record]

Record 1 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
CONT

According to the original definition (Marckwald), an asymmetric synthesis is a reaction which produces optically active substances from symmetrically constituted compounds with the intermediate use of optically active materials but with the exclusion of any analytical (separation) process. According to a broader definition by Morrison and Mosher (1971), an asymmetric synthesis is a reaction in which an achiral unit in an ensemble of substrate molecules (having either enantiotopic or diastereotopic groups or faces) is converted into a chiral unit in such a manner that unequal amounts of stereoisomers are produced. Asymmetric syntheses thus comprise both enantio- and diastereoselective reactions with the proviso that a new chiral centre is created.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
DEF

Synthèse d'un produit chiral à partir d'un précurseur achiral sans recours à des dédoublements de produits ou d'intermédiaires racémiques.

OBS

Du fait de désaccord sur l'extension de cette définition à des substances dont les molécules comportent déjà un ou plusieurs éléments chiraux, et dans lesquelles la synthèse introduit un nouvel élément chiral, il est préférable [selon certains auteurs] de remplacer ce terme traditionnel par «synthèse énantiosélective» ou «synthèse diastéréosélective» selon le cas.

OBS

synthèse asymétrique : termes et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 18 avril 2001.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingenieria química
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