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Microscale chemistry: properties of the carvones

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Test the smell of each enantiomer of carvone and detect the differences

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16-18 years

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Northern Ireland
- A/AS level
  - CCEA Chemistry
    - Unit A2 1: Further Physical and Organic Chemistry
      - 4.6 Isomerism
        4.6.2 recall that asymmetric (chiral) centres give rise to optical isomers that exist as non-superimposable mirror images;
        4.6.4 recall that optical isomers rotate the plane of plane polarised light in opposite directions;
Scotland
- Higher
  - SQA Chemistry
    - 2. Nature's chemistry
      - (h) Fragrances
        Terpenes are key components in most essential oils. They are unsaturated compounds formed by joining together isoprene (2-methylbuta-1,3-diene) units.
- Advanced Higher
  - SQA Chemistry
    - Organic chemistry and instrumental analysis
      - Stereochemistry
        Optical isomerism
        Optical isomers are asymmetric molecules that are non-superimposable mirror images of each other.
England
- A/AS level

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