TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ravat, Prince
T1  - Carbo[n]helicenes Restricted to Enantiomerize: An Insight into the Design Process of Configurationally Stable Functional Chiral PAHs
T2  - Chemistry – A European Journal
N2  - The most important stereodynamic feature of carbo[n]helicenes is the interconversion of their enantiomers. The Gibbs activation energy (ΔG≠(T)) of this process, which determines the rate of enantiomerization, dictates the configurational stability of [n]helicenes. High values of ΔG≠(T) are required for applications of functional chiral molecules incorporating [n]helicenes or helicene substructures. This minireview provides an overview of the mechanism, recent developments, and factors affecting the enantiomerization of [n]helicenes, which will accelerate the design process of configurationally stable functional chiral molecules based on helicene substructures. Additionally, this minireview addresses the misconception and irregularities in the recent literature on how the terms “racemization” and “enantiomerization” are used as well as how the activation parameters are calculated for [n]helicenes and related compounds.
KW  - [n]helicenes
KW  - configurational stability
KW  - enantiomerization
KW  - Gibbs activation energy
KW  - racemization
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/22587
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-225871
VL  - 27
IS  - 12
SP  - 3957
EP  - 3967
ER  -