Detecting chirality in mixtures using nanosecond photoelectron circular dichroism

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2022 Feb 2;24(5):2758-2761. doi: 10.1039/d1cp05468f.

Abstract

We report chirality detection of structural isomers in a gas phase mixture using nanosecond photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD). Combining pulsed molecular beams with high-resolution resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization (REMPI) allows specific isolated transitions belonging to distinct components in the mixture to be targeted.