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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
In our series of studies on quantifying chirality, a new chirality measure is proposed in this work based on the Kullback-Leibler information entropy. The index computes the extra information that the shape function of one enantiomer carries over a normalized shape function of the racemate, while in our previous studies the shape functions of the R and S enantiomers were used considering one as reference for the other. Besides being mathematically more elegant (symmetric, positive definite, zero in the case of a nonchiral system), this new index bears a more direct relation with chirality oriented experimental measurements such as circular dichroism (CD) and optical rotation measurements, where the racemate is frequently used as a reference. The five chiral halomethanes holding one asymmetric carbon atom and H, F, Cl, Br, and I as substituents have been analyzed. A comparison with our calculated optical rotation and with Avnir's Continuous Chirality Measure (CCM) is computed. The results show that with this index the emphasis lies on the differences between the noncoinciding substituents.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1520-5215
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
114
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
640-5
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Alternative Kullback-Leibler information entropy for enantiomers.
pubmed:affiliation
Free University of Brussels (VUB), Faculteit Wetenschappen, Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article