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Turinese Stereochemistry: Eligio Perucca's Enantioselectivity and Primo Levi's Asymmetry

2009; Wiley; Volume: 48; Issue: 21 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/anie.200801840

ISSN

1521-3773

Autores

Bart Kahr, Yonghong Bing, Werner Kaminsky, Davide Viterbo,

Tópico(s)

Origins and Evolution of Life

Resumo

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.

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