ABSTRACT
In 1995 we pioneered the study of chiral recognition in supersonic expansion experiments. The experiments rest on the formation of neutral jet-cooled complexes between chiral molecules and aim at understanding the nature of the forces responsible for chiral recognition. In what follows, we will focus on chiral recognition in neutral complexes in their electronic ground state, namely, on structural aspects from both an experimental and a theoretical point of view. The experiments depend on the formation of weakly bound diastereoisomer complexes involving a chiral chromophore (the selectand) in one of its pure enantiomers, and each enantiomer of a chiral complexing agent. Interactions with the selectand result in a shift of the energy levels, both in the ground state and in the excited state, which in turn results
4.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 47 4.2 Experimental Section ......................................................................................48 4.3 Theoretical Section ......................................................................................... 49 4.4 Main Results ...................................................................................................50
