Core-resonant circular dichroism (CD) signals are induced by molecular chirality and vanish for achiral molecules and racemic mixtures. The highly localized nature of core excitations makes them ideal probes of local chirality within molecules. Simulations of the circular dichroism spectra of several molecular families illustrate how these signals vary with the electronic coupling to substitution groups, the distance between the X-ray chromophore and the chiral center, geometry, and chemical structure. As a result, clear insight into the molecular structure is obtained through analysis of the X-ray CD spectra.
Zhang, Yu, et al. "X-ray circular dichroism signals: a unique probe of local molecular chirality." Chemical Science, vol. 8, no. 9, Jun. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc01347g
Zhang, Yu, Rouxel, Jeremy R., Autschbach, Jochen, Govind, Niranjan, & Mukamel, Shaul (2017). X-ray circular dichroism signals: a unique probe of local molecular chirality. Chemical Science, 8(9). https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc01347g
Zhang, Yu, Rouxel, Jeremy R., Autschbach, Jochen, et al., "X-ray circular dichroism signals: a unique probe of local molecular chirality," Chemical Science 8, no. 9 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc01347g
@article{osti_1390446,
author = {Zhang, Yu and Rouxel, Jeremy R. and Autschbach, Jochen and Govind, Niranjan and Mukamel, Shaul},
title = {X-ray circular dichroism signals: a unique probe of local molecular chirality},
annote = {Core-resonant circular dichroism (CD) signals are induced by molecular chirality and vanish for achiral molecules and racemic mixtures. The highly localized nature of core excitations makes them ideal probes of local chirality within molecules. Simulations of the circular dichroism spectra of several molecular families illustrate how these signals vary with the electronic coupling to substitution groups, the distance between the X-ray chromophore and the chiral center, geometry, and chemical structure. As a result, clear insight into the molecular structure is obtained through analysis of the X-ray CD spectra.},
doi = {10.1039/c7sc01347g},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1390446},
journal = {Chemical Science},
issn = {ISSN CSHCBM},
number = {9},
volume = {8},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
year = {2017},
month = {06}}
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 347, Issue 1-3https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(94)91859-7