%0 Journal Article %A Viedma Molero, Cristóbal %A Noorduin, Wim L. %A Ortiz Menéndez, José Eugenio %A Torres, Trinidad %A Cintas Moreno, Pedro %T Asymmetric amplification in amino acid sublimation involving racemiccompound to conglomerate conversion %D 2011 %@ 1364-548X %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42327 %X A straightforward unprecedented sublimation protocol thatreveals both conversion of a racemic compound into a racemicconglomerate and subsequent enantioenrichment has been developedfor the proteinogenic amino acid valine. The phenomenonhas been observed in closed and open systems, providing insightinto asymmetric amplification mechanisms under presumablyprebiotic conditions. %~