Strong Hard X‐ray Magnetochiral Dichroism in Paramagnetic Enantiopure Molecules

Abstract

Experimental evidence of magnetochiral dichroism is found in the hard X-ray absorption spectra of paramagnetic enantiopure molecules. An isotropic sample of a {Tb[Ni(pro)2]6}3+ salt (pro = L- or D-prolinate) shows up to a 1% difference in absorbance when a magnetic field (1 T) is applied parallel or anti-parallel to the incident X-ray beam at room temperature. This represents the largest magnetochiral dichroism ever observed in absolute and relative value. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.