Table 1 Amino acid gas phase chiroptical properties and inducible ee values for an extent of reaction ξ = 0.9999.

From: Amino acid gas phase circular dichroism and implications for the origin of biomolecular asymmetry

Compound

Transition A

Transition B

Transition C

λ/nm

g

ee (%)a

λ/nm

g

ee (%)a

λ/nm

g

ee (%)a

l-Alanine

244

−0.0039

|1.77|

214

0.0013

|0.61|

173

−0.0007

|0.32|

l-2-Aminobutyric acid

244

−0.0042

|1.90|

220

0.0029

|1.35|

176

−0.0005

|0.25|

l-Proline

236

−0.0021

|1.62|

200

0.0002

|0.20|

192

−0.0001

|0.08|

l-Valine

   

226

0.0031

|1.42|

176

−0.0004

|0.17|

l-Norvaline

245

−0.0016

|0.75|

219

0.0025

|1.14|

175

−0.0006

|0.27|

l-Isovaline

246

0.0017

|0.77|

203

−0.0008

|0.38|

179

0.0003

|0.12|

l-Leucine

247

−0.0019

|0.88|

221

0.0027

|1.22|

174

−0.0007

|0.30|

  1. aThe lower limit of inducible ee is calculated using21: \(| \% {{{{{{ee}}}}}}|\ge (1-{(1-\xi )}^{\frac{|{g}|}{2}})\times 100 \%,\) with ξ = 0.9999.