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The effect of asymmetric compounds on polarized light. To exhibit this effect, a molecule must be nonsuperimposable on its mirror image, that is,...
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Figure 1. Enantiomers of tartaric acid.
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Figure 2. Adenosine and its dimer. (a) Structure of adenosine. Asymmetric centers are marked by an asterisk. (b) Stacked arrangement of adenosine...
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Figure 3. Folded arrangement of L-proline derivative (N-acetyl-L-proline-amide) and its circular dichroism spectrum in ...
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optical activity
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optical superposition principle
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polarimetric analysis
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rotary polarization
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Kenyon, Joseph (1885–1961)
March 14, 2010
Supertwisty light proposed
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