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Optical Activity and Chiral Discrimination
S.F. . Ed(S): Mason
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Description for Optical Activity and Chiral Discrimination
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Falmer, England, September 10-22, 1978 Editor(s): Mason, S.F. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
For Louis Pasteur, the two distinctive properties of dissymmetric systems, optical activity and chiral discrimination, provided prime evidence for a Divine origin to the universe. Handedness appeared to be built into the macrocosm of the galaxies, each with a non-superposable mirror image by virtue of its rotation, as well as the microcosm of each molecule of most natural products. The best that the chemist in the laboratory could accomplish appeared to be the synthesis of the detordu internally-compensated meso-form and, as Pasteur ultimately came to admit, the externally-compensated racemic form. In the latter case the chemist generated not merely one ... Read more
For Louis Pasteur, the two distinctive properties of dissymmetric systems, optical activity and chiral discrimination, provided prime evidence for a Divine origin to the universe. Handedness appeared to be built into the macrocosm of the galaxies, each with a non-superposable mirror image by virtue of its rotation, as well as the microcosm of each molecule of most natural products. The best that the chemist in the laboratory could accomplish appeared to be the synthesis of the detordu internally-compensated meso-form and, as Pasteur ultimately came to admit, the externally-compensated racemic form. In the latter case the chemist generated not merely one ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science Series C
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048183555
SKU
V9789048183555
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