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. . Chemical Forums November 30, 2012, 10:23:12 AM Welcome , Guest Please login or register 1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever Login with username , password and session length Forum Rules Read This Before Posting Home Help Search Login Register Sponsored links Site friends Chembuddy ChemFeeds Chemical Forums Chemistry Blog Chem Reddit Chem Dictionary Chemistry Books UC Berkeley's Textbooks Undergraduate : General Chemistry Quantitative Analysis Instrumental Methods Graduate : Reaction Mechanisms Inorganic Chemistry Statistical Mechanics Quantum Mechanics Bonding Theory Coordination Chemistry Organometallic Chemistry Organic Reactions General Interest : Cookie Crumbles Serendipity Chemical Forums Chemistry Forums for Students Organic Chemistry Forum Alkenes Optically Active Chiral Even vs
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Cumulated double bonds.
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Are alkenes optically active stereo centers? did some googling and question 15.38 at this PDF talks about even and odd:http://voh.chem.ucla.edu/vohtar/spring03/classes/30C/pdf/30cps1ky.pdfIt says odd # of double bonds are in the same plane and are NOT chiral. So are even double bonds optically active?
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The beer drank by ancient Nubians contained an antibiotic, which kept them healthy. Find out about the discovery of tetracyclines - antibiotics isolated from soil fungus - in this week’s Chemistry in its element
Updated: 2012-11-25 19:24:58
UBC has a very touching story about a young girl who was a professional model, but decided that a chemistry degree is what she really wanted. UBC: Camille Gregory’s Simple Wish – To Complete a [...]
Updated: 2012-11-21 11:39:24
It’s the kitchen acid everyone knows and loves. Find out about the hundreds of uses of vinegar – and the chemistry behind them - in this week’s Chemistry in its element
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This is a first for us at Chemistry World – a rock song about chemistry. Many of you out there will readily recall Tom Lehrer’s elements song, where he puts the entire periodic table to music in under two minutes, but I can’t think of any rock that features chemistry. Whatever next? Slash in a [...]
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Welcome Back to CLT! It’s election day in the US. Whomever wins, I just wish him a successful 4 years. See other CLT humor via Calvin and Hobbes Enjoy!
