Chirality: A Relational Geometric‐Physical Property

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 22 Aug 2013 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Chirality, volume 25, pages 684-685 (issn: 0899-0042, eissn: 1520-636X,

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Authors: Hans, Gerlach;

doi: 10.1002/chir.22216

pmid: 23966341

Chirality: A Relational Geometric‐Physical Property

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ABSTRACTThe definition of the term chirality by Lord Kelvin in 1893 and 1904 is analyzed by taking crystallography at that time into account. This shows clearly that chirality is a relational geometric‐physical property, i.e., two relations between isometric objects are possible: homochiral or heterochiral. In scientific articles the relational term chirality is often mistaken for the two valued measure for the individual (absolute) sense of chirality, an arbitrary attributive term. Chirality 25:684–685, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals Inc.

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