Asymmetric autocatalysis triggered by triglycine sulfate with switchable chirality by altering the direction of the applied electric field

Triglycine sulfate (TGS) acts as a chiral trigger for asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of enantiomeric excess, i.e., the Soai reaction. Therefore, molecular chirality of highly enantioenriched organic compounds is controlled by a ferroelectric crystal TGS, whose polarization is altered by an electric field.

Automated summary

TGS acts as a chiral trigger in the Soai reaction for asymmetric autocatalysis, controlling the molecular chirality of highly enantioenriched organic compounds by altering the polarization of the ferroelectric crystal TGS with an electric field.