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Stereoselectivity of montmorillonite in the adsorption and deamination of some amino acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

B. Siffert
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche sur la Physico-Chimie des Surfaces Solides, 24, avenue du Président Kennedy, 68200 Mulhouse, France
A. Naidja
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche sur la Physico-Chimie des Surfaces Solides, 24, avenue du Président Kennedy, 68200 Mulhouse, France

Abstract

Optical isomers deamination of L- and D-glutamic and aspartic amino acids and of their DL racemic mixtures has been achieved in the presence of Na-montmorillonite at pH = 6 and room temperature. The adsorption curves showed that the enantiomer adsorbed depends on the type of amino acid. Nevertheless, deamination reaction kinetics brought about a stereoselectivity of the clay mineral for the L-isomer and implicitly showed an unquestionable “structural chirality character” of the clay mineral.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1992

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