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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Main Authors: Jamie L. Lunkley, Ngoc M. Nguyen, Kristina M. Tuminaro, Dana Margittai, Gilles Muller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Inorganics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6740/6/3/87