Pasteur and Molecular Chirality
Pasteur studied tartaric acids (wine fermentation) and discovered the two chiral forms, the levorotatory form and the dextrorotatory form; he thus explains – which has not been included – the optical neutrality of mixing two components. By laying the foundations of molecular chirality, Pasteur unvei...
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2023
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| オンライン･アクセス: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| 要約: | Pasteur studied tartaric acids (wine fermentation) and discovered the two chiral forms, the levorotatory form and the dextrorotatory form; he thus explains – which has not been included – the optical neutrality of mixing two components. By laying the foundations of molecular chirality, Pasteur unveiled one of the first main discoveries in chemistry and biology. Since this pioneering work, chirality has been central to material sciences. Its applications are numerous, ranging from the synthesis of active molecules to the properties of components involved in imaging. Also worth mentioning is the recent science, astrochemistry, where research of chiral precursors of terrestrial molecules is more relevant than ever. The big question is this: in what way has nature chosen a single enantiomeric form of sugars and amino acids from which we are made? |
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