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Enantioselective synthesis

physical science Maturity 9-11

Some tiny things come in two shapes.

Chirality with hands.svg
Chirality with hands.svg
They look like each other. But they are not the same. One shape might taste sweet. The other might taste like nothing. This helps us make good medicine.
Thalidomide-structures.png
Thalidomide-structures.png
Do you like sweet things?

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File:Sharpless Dihydroxylation Scheme.png
Sharpless Dihydroxylation Scheme.png
File:Chirality with hands.svg
Chirality with hands.svg
File:Energy diagram for enantioselective synthesis.png
Energy diagram for enantioselective synthesis.png
File:Noyori Asymmetric Hydrogenation Scheme.png
Noyori Asymmetric Hydrogenation Scheme.png
File:Auxiliary general scheme.png
Auxiliary general scheme.png
File:SN2 reaction mechanism.png
SN2 reaction mechanism.png
File:MarckwaldAsymmetricSynthesis.svg
MarckwaldAsymmetricSynthesis.svg
File:Brucine2.svg
Brucine2.svg
File:Thalidomide-structures.png
Thalidomide-structures.png
File:Hydrogenation-Knowles1968.png
Hydrogenation-Knowles1968.png
File:AsymmetricSynthesisNoyori.png
AsymmetricSynthesisNoyori.png
File:Sharpless Oxyamination Scheme.png
Sharpless Oxyamination Scheme.png
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