1. Induced solvent chirality: A VCD study of camphor in CDCl3
- Author
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Benjamin J. van der Veken, Patrick Bultinck, Wouter A. Herrebout, Lize Jaspers, and Elke Debie
- Subjects
Chemistry ,Ab initio ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Deuterated chloroform ,Photochemistry ,Spectral line ,Solvent ,Camphor ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Vibrational circular dichroism ,Molecule ,Physical chemistry ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Chirality (chemistry) - Abstract
It is shown how the presence of a chiral compound in solution induces chirality in the surrounding solvent molecules. Using Vibrational Circular Dichroism on camphor dissolved in deuterated chloroform, it is found that the C–D stretch in the latter indeed becomes VCD active. The experimental results agree with ab initio computed spectra for 1:1 associations between the solvent and solute.
- Published
- 2008