Symmetry breaking by autocatalysis

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Jul 1996

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Physical orgin of homochirality in life. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 379, pp. 151-156 (1996).

Physics

Specific Chemical Reactions, Reaction Mechanisms, Reactions And Kinetics, Polymerization

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The origin of homochirality in biochemical compounds has been a mystery since this homochirality was discovered. In 1953, Frank proposed that a combination of autocatalysis and mutual destruction by a pair of enantiomers will produce an extremely large excess of one enantiomer if there is a small initial excess of that enantiomer. This mechanism is explored further in this article. (AIP)

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