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ERIC Number: EJ829526
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Sep
Pages: 4
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
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Frank Westheimer's Early Demonstration of Enzymatic Specificity
Ault, Addison
Journal of Chemical Education, v85 n9 p1246-1249 Sep 2008
In this article I review one of the most significant accomplishments of Frank H. Westheimer, one of the most respected chemists of the 20th century. This accomplishment was a series of stereospecific enzymatic oxidation and reduction experiments that led chemists to recognize what we now call the enantiotopic and diastereotopic relationships of atoms, or groups of atoms, within molecules. Each experiment provides an example that can be used in the teaching of introductory organic chemistry. (Contains 1 figure and 3 notes.)
Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society. Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1267, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-1267. Tel: 800-691-9846; Tel: 856-931-5825; Fax: 856-931-4115; e-mail: jchemed@egpp.com; Web site: http://www.jce.divched.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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