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ArticleNature chemistry2026

Chiral catalysis-driven rotary molecular motors.

Hua-Kui Liu, Benjamin M W Roberts, Stefan Borsley, Ralph W Adams, George F S Whitehead, Avantika Hasija, David A Leigh

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Hua-Kui LiuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1894-6801
Benjamin M W RobertsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2820-8359
Stefan BorsleyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9637-4178
Ralph W AdamsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8009-5334
George F S WhiteheadDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1949-4250
Avantika HasijaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1224-5705
David A LeighDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. david.leigh@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-4507

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) Advanced grant 786630RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/P027067/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/V007580/1Royal Society Research ProfessorshipRoyal Society University Research Fellowship
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Abstract

The structural anisotropy necessary to distinguish clockwise from counterclockwise motions in motor-molecules continuously rotating about a covalent single bond has previously been supplied by chiral fuelling systems or by enzymes. Here we report a class of rotary motors in which, like motor proteins, structural asymmetry in the motor itself causes directional rotary catalysis. A single stereogenic centre in azaindole-phenylethanoic acid motors is sufficient to produce diastereomeric intermediates of atropisomeric conformations in the catalytic cycle, generating 8:1 clockwise:counterclockwise directional bias in the motor's rotary catalysis of diisopropylcarbodiimide hydration (motor substituent PhCH

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