A World of Mirror Images

Published: Feb. 14, 2021, 10:21 p.m.

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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

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Wikipedia entries on Chirality and Enantiomers

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\\xb7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality

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\\xb7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality_%28chemistry%29

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\\xb7 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chirality

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\\xb7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiomer

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\\xb7 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiomer

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\\xb7 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiralit%C3%A4t_(Chemie)

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Textbook Entries on Chirality

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\\xb7 General Chemistry by D. D. Ebbing 5th Ed. 1996 ISBN 0-395-74415-6; p. 1002ff

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\\xb7 Organic Chemistry by Clayden, Warren & Wothers; p. 382ff

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Thalidomide and its effect on pregnant women

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\\xb7 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomid

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\\xb7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide

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About the people with inversed organs

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\\xb7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus

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\\xb7 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus

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Origins of L-amino acids

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Meteorite Theory (extraterrestrial influence)

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\\xb7 https://www.nature.com/articles/38460?error=cookies_not_supported&code=ab67c03e-1459-4eeb-a6b6-d03ee81fde42 \\xe0 Meteor

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\\xb7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667035/

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\\xb7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murchison_meteorite

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Asymmetric Synthesis of Chirality

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\\xb7 https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/%28SICI%291521-3773%2819991203%2938%3A23%3C3418%3A%3AAID-ANIE3418%3E3.0.CO%3B2-V

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\\xb7 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11848967/

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\\xb7 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959943603704878?via%3Dihub

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\\xb7 https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.200290005

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