All biological amino acids on Earth appear exclusively in their left-handed form, but the reason underlying this observation is elusive. Recently, scientists uncovered new clues about the cosmic ...

Researchers have developed a flexible and efficient new process for the separation of enantiomers. Enantiomer separation is indispensable for the production of many pharmaceuticals. In their process, ...

Recognizing and separating enantiomers is a difficult task for chemical engineers — one might say it gives them a bit of a headache. Enantiomers are molecules with virtually identical compositions ...

Stereochemistry relates to the spatial organization of atoms in a molecule. Often molecules having the same chemical makeup can exist in different spatial arrangements. These related molecules are ...

When chemists need to separate one chiral molecule from a mixture of enantiomers—for instance, when synthesizing potential drug molecules—they often turn to high-performance liquid chromatography ...

"Supporting electrolytes are salts added to experiments just to make sure the solution is conducting," Lin said. "They do not usually play explicit roles in the reaction. But in this work, we use ...