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Stretched Gelatin Gels as Chiral Alignment Media for the Discrimination of Enantiomers by NMR Spectroscopy

2005; Wiley; Volume: 44; Issue: 20 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/anie.200462736

1521-3773

Kyryl Kobzar, Horst Kessler, Burkhard Luy,

Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography

NMR in gummi bears: What started as pure fun could open up interesting applications: stretched gelatin gels as chiral polymers can be used to distinguish enantiomeric solutes through their residual dipolar couplings. The method is demonstrated on a mixture of L- and D-alanine (see picture).