"The combined work of Kagan and Soai demonstrates that it is possible to convert a near-equal mixture of two mirror-imaged molecules – or enantiomers – into only one form. Crucially, Soai discovered a reaction where the product was also the catalyst."

https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/how-asymmetric-autocatalysis-won-the-nobel-prize/4024363.article

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