It is not a coincidence that both chirality and noncovalent interactions are ubiquitous in
nature and synthetic molecular systems. Noncovalent interactivity between chiral molecules …

The single chirality of biological molecules in terrestrial biology raises more questions than
certitudes about its origin. The emergence of biological homochirality (BH) and its …

Spontaneous deracemizations is a challenging, multidisciplinary subject in current chirality
research. In the absence of any chiral inductors, an achiral substance or a racemic …

For decades, chiral nanomaterials have been extensively studied because of their
extraordinary properties. Chiral nanostructures have attracted a lot of interest because of …

Carbohelicenes belong to a class of fascinating, chiral, and helicoidal molecules, which
have a rich history in chemistry since the very beginning of the 20th century. A renewed …

Carbohelicenes generally incorporate a helical, distorted, conjugated, polyaromatic system
with ortho-fused benzenoid rings, which is a fundamental molecular characteristic of this …

Using classical and quantum methods with a strong emphasis on symmetry principles, this
book, a reissue of the 2004 second edition, develops the theory of a variety of optical activity …

Microwave irradiation has been successfully applied in organic chemistry. Spectacular
accelerations, higher yields under milder reaction conditions and higher product purities …

The development, characterization, and technological exploitation of new materials,
particularly as components in 'smart'systems, are key challenges for chemistry and physics …

Achiral diprotonated porphyrins, forming homoassociates in aqueous solution, lead to
spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking. The unexpected result is that the chirality sign of …