Chiral: A confusing etymology

Chirality

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Bentley, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiral; Heterochiral; History; Homochiral; Lord Kelvin; Sir William Thomson; Stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHORT SURVEY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 75449098840     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20699     Document Type: Short Survey

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