Chemistry
What is catalytic asymmetric synthesis?
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 (R)-alanine R refers to the Latin word rectus, meaning right. (S)-alanine S refers to the Latin word sinister, meaning left. When alanine is produced in a laboratory under normal conditions, a mixture is obtained, half of which consists of…
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 The prize is being awarded to William S. Knowles Ryoji Noyori K. Barry Sharpless Photos: PRB This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry is about molecules that exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other. Often it is important to…
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