A racemic mixture of -Fmoc-protected phenylalanine (2) or tryptophan (3) was found to spontaneously afford a gel enriched in either the L- or the D-form of their enantiomers stochastically. Homochiral selective secondary nucleation, promoted by the choice of solvent or stirring, was suggested as the key process for the observed phenomenon.
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