On definitions of chirality

New Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1251-1253

  Jonas, Jaroslav ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chirality; Current and novel definitions; Quasichirality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008079399     PISSN: 11440546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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