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A World of Mirror Images
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Released:
Feb 14, 2021
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Description
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
If you would like to share feedback or have a suggestion for a topic, I can now be reached on twitter under @ChemistryinEve1. Alternatively, you can send an email to chem.podcast@gmail.com.
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
Released:
Feb 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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