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5.4 Pasteur’s Discovery of Enantiomers

Little was done to build on Biot’s discovery of optical activity until 1848, when Louis Pasteur began work on a study of crystalline tartaric acid salts derived from wine. On crystallizing a concentra

1. Little was done to build on Biot’s discovery of optical acti

Little was done to build on Biot’s discovery of optical acti

2. Today, we would describe Pasteur’s work by saying that he ha

Today, we would describe Pasteur’s work by saying that he ha

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