A new twist on mirror-image molecules
Researchers developed a method for calculating how much individual atoms and their electrons contribute to the optical properties of certain molecules.
References:
Kondru, R.K., P. Wipf, and D.N. Beratan. 1998. Atomic contributions to the optical rotation angle as a quantitative probe of molecular chirality. Science 282(Dec. 18):2247.
Sources:
David N. Beratan
Chevron Science Center
Department of Chemistry
218 Parkman Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 1, January 2, 1999, p. 11. Copyright © 1999 by Science Service.
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