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  • the most universally recognized example of chirality: The left hand is not a superposable mirror image of the right hand; no matter how the two hands ...
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  • if it consists of molecules of only one chirality, within the limits of detectability ... * Chirality (chemistry) * Isomer * Organic chemistry * Stereochemistry ...
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  • the most universally recognized example of chirality: The left hand is not a superposable mirror image of the right hand; no matter how the two hands ...
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  • === Chirality=== Tertiary amines of the type NHRR' and NRR'R" are chiral: the nitrogen atom bears four distinct substituents counting ...
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  • of only one enantiomer. Louis Pasteur discovered chirality when he was able to separate enantiomeric crystals from racemic tartaric acid. ...
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  • ==Work on chirality and the polarization of light== In Pasteur's early works as a chemist, he resolved a problem concerning the nature of ...
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  • In chemistry, isomers are molecules that share the same chemical formula but differ in the arrangement of atoms. (Isomers in chemistry should ...
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  • In physics, force is defined as the rate of change of momentum of an object. This definition was given by Isaac Newton in the seventeenth century ...
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  • optical isomers, overthrowing the theory that chirality was necessarily associated with carbon compounds. == Metal complexes== Metal complexes ...
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  • that is, the symmetry of the cyclic group C4h) and chirality, hence the absence of reflectional symmetry, and the existence of two versions that are each ...
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  • *[http://www.leffingwell.com/chirality/chirality.htm Chirality & Odor Perception]. *[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060803091235 ...
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  • Cholesterol is an important sterol (a combination steroid and alcohol) and a neutral lipid that is a major constituent in the cell membranes ...
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  • a plant sterol intermediate with the correct chirality in the tail, and thus resulted in a racemic mixture at only one chiral center. This form, known ...
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  • support to the theory of common descent. The chirality of DNA, RNA, and amino acids is conserved across all known life. As there is no functional advantage ...
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  • In geometry, a polyhedron (plural polyhedra or polyhedrons) is often defined as a three-dimensional object with flat, polygonal faces and straight ...
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  • Vitamin C (or ascorbic acid) is a water-soluble vitamin required for a number of metabolic processes in living organisms. As a vitamin, ascorbic ...
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