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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2008  > May  >
Research: Science and Education
The Same and Not the Same: Chirality, Topicity, and Memory of Chirality
Wolfgang H. Kramer
Department of Chemistry, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS 39210

Axel G. Griesbeck
Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, D-50939 Köln, Germany

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May 2008
Vol. 85 No. 5
p. 701
Abstract
A simple molecular approach is described that aids students in learning challenging stereochemical terms, definitions, and concepts, particularly when chemical structures are drawn in two dimensions. The approach starts with a structurally diverse family of natural compounds (α-amino acids) and gradually increases in complexity. The recently coined term "memory of chirality", which has become commonly used in the last decade, is introduced in this approach. Photochemical reactivity is used as the tool to understand stereochemical terms.
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Citation
Kramer, Wolfgang H.; Griesbeck, Axel G. J. Chem. Educ. 2008, 85, 701.
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Keywords
Chirality / Optical Activity; Organic Chemistry; Second-Year Undergraduate; Stereochemistry; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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3/28/2008
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