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Double vision

Michelle Francl wonders if a molecule can be just a little bit chiral?

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Fig. 1: Chirality on paper.

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Francl, M. Double vision. Nat. Chem. 11, 597–598 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0283-0

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