Asymmetric autocatalysis triggered by triglycine sulfate with switchable chirality by altering the direction of the applied electric field

Triglycine sulfate (TGS) acts as a chiral trigger for asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of enantiomeric excess, i.e. , the Soai reaction. Therefore, molecular chirality of highly enantioenriched organic compounds is controlled by a ferroelectric crystal TGS, whose polarization is altered by an electric field. In asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of ee, molecular chirality of highly enantioenriched organic compounds is controlled by a crystal TGS, whose chirality is switchable by changing the direction of the applied static electric field.