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Chemists develop metal-free method to selectively convert symmetric diols into one of two enantiomers

Internal view of the photoreactor setup in operation. Credit: Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adq8029 A team of chemists at the University of Cambridge has developed a metal-free method to selectively convert symmetric diols into one of their two enantiomers. In a paper published in the journal Science, the research group exploits the ability of the chiral form of quinuclidine (quinuclidine is…