A World of Mirror Images

Chemistry in Everyday Life

From winter gloves and people with inverted organs to the effects of molecular mirror images. Chirality can be found everywhere, so it is high time to talk about it.

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Sources

Wikipedia entries on Chirality and Enantiomers

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality_%28chemistry%29

· https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chirality

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiomer

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiomer

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiralit%C3%A4t_(Chemie)

Textbook Entries on Chirality

· General Chemistry by D. D. Ebbing 5th Ed. 1996 ISBN 0-395-74415-6; p. 1002ff

· Organic Chemistry by Clayden, Warren & Wothers; p. 382ff

Thalidomide and its effect on pregnant women

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomid

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide

About the people with inversed organs

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus

· https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus

Origins of L-amino acids

Meteorite Theory (extraterrestrial influence)

· https://www.nature.com/articles/38460?error=cookies_not_supported&code=ab67c03e-1459-4eeb-a6b6-d03ee81fde42 à Meteor

· https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667035/

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murchison_meteorite

Asymmetric Synthesis of Chirality

· https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/%28SICI%291521-3773%2819991203%2938%3A23%3C3418%3A%3AAID-ANIE3418%3E3.0.CO%3B2-V

· https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11848967/

· https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959943603704878?via%3Dihub

· https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.200290005