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arxiv: physics/0310142 · v1 · submitted 2003-10-29 · ⚛️ physics.chem-ph · astro-ph· physics.bio-ph· q-bio.PE

Complete homochirality induced by the nonlinear autocatalysis and recycling

classification ⚛️ physics.chem-ph astro-phphysics.bio-phq-bio.PE
keywords autocatalysishomochiralitynonlinearback-reactionenantiomersaccountachieveasymmetry
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A nonlinear autocatalysis of a chiral substance is shown to achieve homochirality in a closed system, if the back-reaction is included. Asymmetry in the concentration of two enantiomers or the enantiometric excess increases due to the nonlinear autocatalysis. Furthermore, when the back-reaction is taken into account, the reactant supplied by the decomposition of the enantiomers is recycled to produce more and more the dominant one, and eventually the homochirality is established.

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