2020-07-23

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The shape of molecules is super important to life as we know it. In this episode of Crash Course Organic Chemistry we’re learning about stereochemistry and how to identify molecules as chiral or achiral. And as always, we’ll be doing a lot of practice!

Episode Sources:

“THINK BIG! Must the molecules of life always be Left-Handed or Right-Handed?” Smithsonian Magazine.

Spinoff 2004 - “A NATURAL WAY TO STAY SWEET”, NASA.

Series Sources:

Brown, W. H., Iverson, B. L., Ansyln, E. V., Foote, C., Organic Chemistry; 8th ed.; Cengage Learning, Boston, 2018.

Bruice, P. Y., Organic Chemistry, 7th ed.; Pearson Education, Inc., United States, 2014.

Clayden, J., Greeves, N., Warren., S., Organic Chemistry, 2nd ed.; Oxford University Press, New York, 2012.

Jones Jr., M.; Fleming, S. A., Organic Chemistry, 5th ed.; W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2014.

Klein., D., Organic Chemistry; 1st ed.; John Wiley & Sons, United States, 2012.

Louden M., Organic Chemistry; 5th ed.; Roberts and Company Publishers, Colorado, 2009.

McMurry, J., Organic Chemistry, 9th ed.; Cengage Learning, Boston, 2016.

Smith, J. G., Organic chemistry; 6th ed.; McGraw-Hill Education, New York, 2020.

Wade., L. G., Organic Chemistry; 8th ed.; Pearson Education, Inc., United States, 2013.

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