@bribarbu.bsky.socialI went on the Stereo Chemistry pod to talk about--what else--stereochemistry! That being the topic of this year's #ChemNobel.
(Cut for time: me yapping about linocut, neutrinos, and a running joke among the science team concerning the chirality of cows.)
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@mevans86.bsky.socialI can't be the only one to notice that the "dog" in this image isn't correctly mirrored...?! #ChemNobel 😫
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@stuartcantrill.comThe @natureportfolio.nature.com Collection for the #ChemNobel is now live. I've included a screenshot of the top three articles - no reason, just because 😜.
@cenmag.bsky.socialIn nature, control of chirality at different hierarchical levels is manifested in processes such as protein folding and enzyme catalysis.
@cenmag.bsky.socialLike the apocryphal butterfly that flapped its wings and caused a hurricane halfway across the world, a faint trace of impurities in a prebiotic catalytic reaction could have induced the left-handed nature of all biological molecules.
@cenmag.bsky.socialIn the beginning, there were chiral molecules. RNA, DNA, proteins, and other biological molecules tend to be present as only either right- or left-handed. However, scientists are not sure how this homochirality emerged.
@cenmag.bsky.socialEnantiomeric molecules that are chiral only because of substituents that have different carbon isotopes can generate chirality in asymmetric autocatalysis—a reaction in which a chiral product does double duty as a chiral catalyst for its own production.
@cenmag.bsky.socialHow single chirality emerged on Earth is a multilayered mystery that captivates scientists seeking to understand the origins of life.
@cenmag.bsky.socialResearchers have shown that chiral solvents can act as the sole source of handedness in several catalytic reactions that preferentially produce a single enantiomer.
@cenmag.bsky.socialOngoing effort to create a reflection of life’s protein-making machinery could provide access to mirror molecules for diagnostics, therapeutics, and more.
@cenmag.bsky.socialSo desirable are chiral molecules as pharmaceutically active compounds that scientists employ whatever methods they can and continually explore new ways to create their unique handedness.
@cenmag.bsky.socialThe concept of chirality is a central one in chemistry. Chiral chemicals, in which two structures are mirror images that cannot be superimposed, include amino acids and DNA.
@neilwithers.bsky.socialDoes life *have* to be homochiral? #ChemNobel
Are there some racemic aliens out there watching our obsession with it and chuckling? #RacemicSpaceDinos
@cenmag.bsky.socialHenri B. Kagan at Paris-Saclay University, and Kenso Soai at the Tokyo University of Science have won this year’s #NobelPrize in Chemistry “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.” Read more: cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
