New Progression of Developing Novel Chiral Separation Materials, Chiral Selectors and Chiral Products
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 430
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We already know that chirality, the most important form of molecular asymmetry, is universal and that chirality on the molecular level plays an essential role in biological systems. Amino acids (except for glycine), proteins, sugars, and enzymes are all chiral compounds; depending on the number of stereogenic centers, they may possess numerous stereoisomers. The enantiomers (the “mirror-image” compounds) can only be differentiated in a chiral environment, where they may behave differently. Thus, it is understandable that if a mixture of enantiomers enters a living organism, there might be a difference in their utilization, distribution, and metabolism, thus affecting the type and scale of the biological effect. It is important to realize that apart from pharmaceutical drugs, chiral products can be found in vast quantities of food additives, agricultural chemicals, or fragrance materials of perfumes. To gain information about each enantiomer’s exact role and possible transformations, efficient analytical techniques such as applying chiral selectors are required.
This Special Issue aims to bring together the development of chiral separation materials and selectors to qualify and quantify chiral products. Both original research papers and reviews in these fields are welcome.
Prof. Dr. István Ilisz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chirality
- enantioselective separations
- chiral selector molecules
- chiral stationary phases
- chiral sensors
- enantiorecognition
- chiral separation mechanisms
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