Asymmetric induction by retgersite, nickel sulfate hexahydrate, in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis

Abstract

Retgersite, nickel sulfate hexahydrate, forms a chiral crystal with space group P41212 or P43212. A chiral crystal of nickel sulfate hexahydrate was found to act as a chiral initiator of asymmetric autocatalysis, affording highly enantiomerically enriched pyrimidyl alkanols with the corresponding absolute configurations.