Article ID: CBB000065642

Alfred Werner's awareness of spontaneous resolutions and the meaning of hemihedral faces in optically active crystals (1993)

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Bernal, Ivan (Author)
Kauffman, George B. (Author)


Struct. Chem.
Volume: 4 no.2
Issue: 2
Pages: 131-138

Description A historical examination of the work of Alfred Werner, Louis Pasteur, and others with quotations from the original articles, which concludes that Werner made a major mistake regarding spontaneous resolution and neglected the results of others in this area. (G.B. KAUFFMAN)


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Authors & Contributors
Kauffman, George B.
Stranges, Anthony N.
Jensen, William B.
Yasui, Takaji
Woody, Andrea I.
Saltzman, Martin D.
Concepts
Structural chemistry
Valency; bonds
Stereochemistry
Life sciences
Computational biology
Systems biology
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Places
Japan
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