There are chiral compounds that do not rotate plane-polarized light

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Certain chiral molecules, known as cryptochiral compounds, exhibit such extremely weak or near-zero optical rotation that standard chiroptical methods fail, requiring specialized amplification techniques to detect their optical activity.

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The claim states that there are chiral compounds that do not rotate plane-polarized light (or possess negligible/undetectable optical rotation). Papers [5], [8], and [10] discuss cryptochiral compounds, which are molecules possessing chirality (stereogenic units) whose optical rotation is so weak as to be practically zero without specialized amplification techniques like asymmetric autocatalysis or host-guest macrocycle complexation. Therefore, the claim is supported by evidence on cryptochirality.

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Discrimination of cryptochirality in chiral isotactic polystyrene by asymmetric autocatalysis.

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Kawasaki T, Hohberger C, Araki Y, Hatase K, Beckerle K, Okuda J, Soai K. Discrimination of cryptochirality in chiral isotactic polystyrene by asymmetric autocatalysis.. 2009. https://doi.org/10.1039/b912813a

Discusses cryptochiral polystyrenes, which possess chirality but exhibit extremely weak optical rotation.

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Chiroptical Sensing of Amino Acid Derivatives by Host-Guest Complexation with Cyclo[6]aramide.

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Wang X, Ji J, Liu Z, Cai Y, Tang J, Shi Y, Yang C, Yuan L. Chiroptical Sensing of Amino Acid Derivatives by Host-Guest Complexation with Cyclo[6]aramide.. 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26134064

Notes that certain chiral amino acid derivatives are cryptochiral molecules with negligible optical rotation requiring specialized amplification.

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A stereodynamic probe of Pt(II) molecular hinge for chiroptical sensing of cryptochiral compounds.

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Ai Y, Zhang Y, Jiang Y, Zhuang G, Li Y. A stereodynamic probe of Pt(II) molecular hinge for chiroptical sensing of cryptochiral compounds.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57114-z

Focuses on cryptochiral compounds, which have chiral structures but present severe challenges for standard optical rotation detection.

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