Structure sensitive enantioselectivity on surfaces: tartaric acid on all surfaces vicinal to Cu(111)

Abstract

Comprehensive mapping of enantiospecific surface reactivity versus the crystallographic orientation of Cu(hkl) surfaces vicinal to Cu(111) has been conducted using a spherically shaped single crystal. The surface normal vectors, [hkl],...

Atomic-scale origin of the enantiospecific decomposition of tartaric acid on chiral copper surfaces

“…On spherical S 4 Cs, the vast majority of these orientations are chiral, and therefore, the use of spherical S 4 Cs provides a high-throughput method for determining the optimum surface structure for enantiospecific reactions of chiral adsorbates. [10][11][12] Specific to this work, tartaric acid (TA) decomposition on chiral Cu surfaces is known to be highly enantiospecific, but the atomic scale origin of this effect is unknown.…”