Asymmetric autocatalysis. Chiral symmetry breaking and the origins of homochirality of organic molecules

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  • SOAI Kenso
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science

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<p>Biological homochirality, such as that of l-amino acids, has been a puzzle with regards to the chemical origin of life. Asymmetric autocatalysis is a reaction in which a chiral product acts as an asymmetric catalyst to produce more of itself in the same absolute configuration. 5-Pyrimidyl alkanol was found to act as an asymmetric autocatalyst in the enantioselective addition of diisopropylzinc to pyrimidine-5-carbaldehyde. Asymmetric autocatalysis of 2-alkynyl-5-pyrimidyl alkanol with an extremely low enantiomeric excess of ca. 0.00005% exhibited significant asymmetric amplification to afford the same pyrimidyl alkanol with >99.5% enantiomeric excess and with an increase in the quantity of the same compound. We have employed asymmetric autocatalysis to examine the origin of homochirality. Asymmetric autocatalysis triggered by circularly polarized light, chiral minerals such as quartz, chiral organic crystals composed of achiral compounds gave highly enantioenriched pyrimidyl alkanol with absolute configurations corresponding with those of the chiral triggers. Absolute asymmetric synthesis without the intervention of any chiral factor was achieved. Chiral isotopomers acted as chiral triggers of asymmetric autocatalysis.</p>

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