Porous surface of an achiral trimer in the chiral conglomerate phase catalyzes a direct aldol reaction†
Atsushi Yoshizawa,Misaki Kurata
New Journal of Chemistry Pub Date : 05/15/2019 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C9NJ01913H
Abstract
A flexible liquid-crystalline trimer in the optically isotropic chiral conglomerate phase catalyzes the direct aldol reaction of acetone with benzaldehyde. We report that the trimer exhibiting a porous surface acts as an enzyme-mimetic catalyst.
