One step closer to green catalysis
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 09:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Mirror image catalysis with water in water is finally possible. Mirror image catalysis in water with water is effective and produces no waste. Researchers have now succeeded in imitating this marvelous trick of nature. NWO researchers Gerard Roelfes and Ben Feringa made a hybrid catalyst of metal complexes and DNA. This catalyst allows the selective formation of a single mirror image molecule in a chemical reaction with water in water. The journal Nature Chemistry published the results of the investigation.