Optically active compounds are abundant in nature due to biochemical homochirality
Optically active compounds are widespread in nature due to the inherent homochirality of biological systems and biochemical processes.
The retrieved papers provide strong support for the connection between biological homochirality, molecular chirality, and optical activity in natural compounds. Multiple studies confirm that biological systems are fundamentally homochiral, leading to optically active structures.
Wei Zhang, Mao‐Qin Liu, Yang Luo. Chiral Amplification and Regulation: Design and Applications of Circularly Polarized Luminescence‐Active Materials Derived From Macrocyclic Compounds. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.70039
Highlights that chirality is a fundamental property in biological systems and molecular structures, driving optical activity.
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F. Hernández, A. Rizzo. Two-Photon Polarization Dependent Spectroscopy in Chirality: A Novel Experimental-Theoretical Approach to Study Optically Active Systems. 2011. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules16043315
Discusses how life and its biochemical foundations are fundamentally rooted in chirality and optical activity.
Ozturk SF, Sasselov DD, Sutherland JD. The central dogma of biological homochirality: How does chiral information propagate in a prebiotic network?. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0156527
Examines how biological homochirality propagates through biochemical networks to dictate molecular structures.
Karo Michaelian. Homochirality through Photon-Induced Melting of RNA/DNA: the Thermodynamic Dissipation Theory of the Origin of Life. 2010. https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.5177.1
Investigates the role of molecular homochirality in biological polymers like RNA and DNA.
Yao T, Chen X, Fang Y, Huang Z. Symmetry Breaking of Molecules Triggered by Chiral Inorganic Nanostructures Without Organic Components.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202504269
Explores molecular symmetry breaking as the foundation for the pervasive phenomenon of homochirality in biological systems.
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