Optical Activity of Achiral Molecules

<p> Optical activity is typically first introduced to a prospective chemist in her sophomore year organic chemistry course. Here, she is taught that optical activity is a consequence of chirality, for example, <i> L-</i>tartaric acid has a specific rotation of +12&deg; at the s...

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Main Author: Murphy, Veronica L.
Language:EN
Published: New York University 2016
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