Optical activity and Alfred Werner's coordination chemistry

Chirality

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-189

  Ernst, Karl Heinz ^a,b   Berke, Heinz ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alfred Werner; chiral metal complexes; coordination theory; octahedron model; optical activity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM SODIUM TARTRATE; CAMPHOR DERIVATIVE; CAMPHOR SULFONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 79951472316     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20912     Document Type: Article

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