Microscale chemistry: properties of stereoisomers

Discover the differences in smell of the two enantiomers of limonene

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On This Day - Jun 24 : Johannes Wislicenus born
He is best known for his work on stereochemistry. He coined the term ‘geometric isomerism’ in the early 1870s when he discovered two substances that had an identical chemical structure but different physical properties.
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Time-of-flight calculations
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Essential chemistry of pharmaceuticals
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Heat a known mass of two metals to produce their oxides and determine their relative atomic masses.