Molecular Control and Characterization of Chiral Hydrogen-bond Networks

HydroChiral aims to develop innovative spectroscopy techniques to investigate chiral water's role in biological processes, enhancing understanding of homochirality and advancing applications in chemistry and pharmaceuticals.

Subsidie
€ 2.000.000
2024

Projectdetails

Introduction

Chirality and water both play key roles in various aspects of biological functions. Disentangling water’s role in chiral recognition in biological processes is paramount to ultimately understanding the origins of homochirality.

Project Overview

HydroChiral proposes to do this by developing ground-breaking instrumentation that uses:

  • Broadband molecular rotational spectroscopy
  • Supersonic expansions
  • Buffer gas cell technology
  • Novel chiral capabilities

These technologies will explore pressing topics at the forefront of water research and chirality, such as:

  1. The generation and characterization of chiral water
  2. The generation of larger water clusters to examine the first solvation shell
  3. Absolute configuration determination for analytical applications

Methodology

This technique will differentiate between enantiomers, diastereomers, and conformers within complex gas mixtures. It will enable the study, at an unprecedented accuracy, of the chiral water structures that form in the solvation of biomolecules. This will help unravel the active role of water in most biological processes.

Innovation

The project will demonstrate the use of chiral techniques that have been developed for rotational spectroscopy on molecular clusters for the first time. It will utilize enantiomer-selective population transfer techniques to tilt the racemic nature of chiral water clusters and create enantiomerically enriched water.

Research Fields

The proposed research encompasses my three fields of expertise to perform cutting-edge research in:

  • Water cluster science
  • Chirality
  • Solvation

This will leverage the advantageous features of rotational spectroscopy.

Expected Outcomes

The outcomes of HydroChiral will open new horizons for not only fundamental research in physical chemistry and molecular physics but also in applied fields ranging from analytical chemistry to asymmetric synthesis in pharmaceutical applications, such as drug discovery, where absolute configuration determination is crucial.

Financiële details & Tijdlijn

Financiële details

Subsidiebedrag€ 2.000.000
Totale projectbegroting€ 2.000.000

Tijdlijn

Startdatum1-7-2024
Einddatum30-6-2029
Subsidiejaar2024

Partners & Locaties

Projectpartners

  • UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLIDpenvoerder

Land(en)

Spain

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