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Turinese stereochemistry: Eligio Perucca's enantioselectivity and Primo Levi's asymmetry.
- Source :
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Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) [Angew Chem Int Ed Engl] 2009; Vol. 48 (21), pp. 3744-8. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- A reputation restored: Eligio Perucca (see photo) first observed the enantioselective adsorption of a racemic mixture to a chiral crystal (NaClO(3)) in Turin in 1919. However, this milestone in enantioselective chemistry and chiroptics went unnoticed. Identified previously as a coward who refused in 1941 to supervise the research of the budding stereochemist Primo Levi because of the race laws, Perucca was opposed to the fascist regime.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1521-3773
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19266531
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200801840