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Physical chemistry

a kinetic model in which self-replicating enantiomers inhibit each other, letting a tiny imbalance grow into homochirality.

In physical chemistry, Frank model of spontaneous asymmetric synthesis refers to a kinetic model in which self-replicating enantiomers inhibit each other, letting a tiny imbalance grow into homochirality. This meaning comes from Frank (1953) in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.[1]

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Frank, F. C. (1953). On spontaneous asymmetric synthesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 11, 459-463. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3002(53)90082-1

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