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Nature 446, 505-506 (29 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446505a; Published online 28 March 2007
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Chemistry: Compliments from Lord Kelvin
Laurence D. Barron1
Abstract
Telling if a molecule is right-handed or left-handed is a venerable problem, but traditional approaches cannot touch the subtlest cases. As so often, technical innovation has provided the way forward.
Were he alive today, Lord Kelvin (right) would be impressed with the work of Haesler et al.1 reported on page 526 of this issue. Kelvin2 was the first to introduce the word 'chirality', meaning right- or left-handedness, into science, and was equally adept at experimental and theoretical physics.
- Laurence D. Barron is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
Email: laurence@chem.gla.ac.uk
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