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Mirror-image asymmetry : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality / James P. Riehl

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Hoboken, N.J : Wiley, c2010Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xix, 242 p.)) : ill. (some col.)ISBN:
  • 9781282550094
  • 1282550098
  • 9780470588871
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780470387597 | 0470387599 | 1282547526 | Erscheint auch als: Mirror-image asymmetry. Druck-Ausgabe Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2010. XIX, 242 S., [4] Bl.DDC classification:
  • 500
RVK: RVK: VK 5500LOC classification:
  • Q172.5.S95
Online resources: Summary: JAMES P. RIEHL received a BS degree in chemistry from Villanova University in 1970 and a PhD in physical chemistry from Purdue University in 1975. He is currently Dean of the Swenson College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota Duluth, a position he has held since 2000. Dr. Riehl is a frequent invited speaker nationally and internationally on the topic of molecular chirality, and is the author of numerous research publications in the applications of optical spectroscopy to the study of chiral structures. He was the recipient of the St. Louis Award of the American Chemical Society for his outstanding contributions to the chemistry profession, and currently holds a University of Minnesota McKnight Presidential Leadership Chair.Summary: Intro -- MIRROR-IMAGE ASYMMETRY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF FIGURES AND BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS -- 1 THE MIRROR IMAGE -- HANDEDNESS -- THE SYMMETRY OF NONSUPERIMPOSABLE MIRROR IMAGES -- NOMENCLATURE FOR CHIRAL MOLECULES -- NOMENCLATURE FOR DISSYMMETRIC AND OTHER CHIRAL MOLECULES -- SUMMARY -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- REFERENCES -- LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES -- 2 MOLECULAR CHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS -- OPTICAL ROTATION -- FROM BIOT TO PASTEUR -- BIOCHEMICAL HOMOCHIRALITY -- DETERMINATION OF ABSOLUTE STRUCTURES OF CHIRAL MOLECULES -- SUMMARY -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- REFERENCES -- LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES -- 3 THE ORIGIN OF CHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS -- MUST LIFE BE CHIRAL? -- MIRROR-IMAGE LIFE? -- THE ORIGIN OF HOMOCHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS -- EXTRATERRESTRIAL CHIRALITY -- NUCLEAR CHIRALITY -- OTHER EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOURCES -- THE BEGINNING OF LIFE ON EARTH: BIOCHEMISTRY -- GETTING STARTED IN THE RIGHT (OR LEFT) DIRECTION -- SUMMARY -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- REFERENCES -- LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES -- 4 CHIRAL CHEMISTRY, RECOGNITION, AND CONTROL IN LIVING SYSTEMS -- CHIRAL CHEMICAL EVOLUTION -- CHIRAL RECOGNITION AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL -- EXAMPLES OF CHIRAL RECOGNITION AND DISCRIMINATION -- SMELL -- TASTE -- COMMUNICATION -- CHIRALITY AS A CONTROL MECHANISM IN BIOCHEMISTRY -- SUMMARY -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- REFERENCES -- LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES -- 5 CHIRALITY AND DRUGS -- CHIRALITY IN NATURAL REMEDIES AND FOLK MEDICINES -- ENANTIOMERIC DIFFERENCES IN NATURAL PRODUCTS -- THALIDOMIDE AND REGULATION OF CHIRAL DRUGS -- CHIRALITY AND DRUG ACTIVITY -- IBUPROFEN -- PROZAC -- CIALIS -- NEXIUM -- LIPITOR -- CHIRAL SWITCHING -- EPHEDRINE, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, AND METHAMPHETAMINE -- PREPARATION OF PURE ENANTIOMERS.PPN: PPN: 808848240Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE
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