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Synfacts 2010(10): 1135-1135  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258626
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Amplified Chiral Sensing

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Shuang Liu
G. Fukuhara*, Y. Inoue*
Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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22 September 2010 (online)

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Significance

An enantiomeric binaphthocrown ether modified polythiophene (BPT) is reported as a chirality sensor for amino acid methyl esters. The highest enantioselectivity is observed with ­valine methyl ester (KD/KL = 7.3) at microgram concentration.