The Importance of Solvent Effects on the Mechanism of the Pfeiffer Effect
The Pfeiffer effect is observed when an optically active compound such as an amino acid is introduced to a solution containing a labile racemic metal complex, and an equilibrium shift is obtained. The “perturbation” results in an excess of one enantiomer over the other. The shift...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-08-01
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Series: | Inorganics |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6740/6/3/87 |