Mirror Image Asymmetry An Introduction to the Origin and Consequences of Chirality 1st Edition by James Riehl ISBN 0470387599 978-0470387597

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ISBN 10: 0470387599

ISBN 13:  978-0470387597

Author: James P. Riehl

An overview of the importance and consequences of asymmetry from molecules to the macroscopic world
As scientists have become more capable of probing the structure of three-dimensional objects at the molecular level, the need to understand the concept and the consequences of mirror-image asymmetry―chirality―has increased enormously. Written at an introductory level, Mirror-Image Asymmetry provides an overview of the importance and effects of asymmetry from the atomic and molecular world of physics and chemistry to the organisms and structures that we see and use in our everyday life. The reader will develop a broad appreciation of three-dimensional asymmetry from the microscopic molecular world to the macroscopic world of handedness, automobile driving, windmills, sports, and similar phenomena. The book features:

An introduction to basic definitions and the nomenclature of asymmetric and dissymmetric molecules

Up-to-date examples of the importance and consequences of asymmetry in modern drug applications, current theories of the origin of asymmetry in nature, and examples of molecular asymmetry in smell, taste, and insect communication

Many illustrations, chemical structures, and photographs that enable the reader to connect the actual asymmetrical structures to the different phenomena that depend on structural asymmetry

In the 150 years since Louis Pasteur discovered asymmetry in molecular structures, scientists have made great progress in understanding how interactions between chiral molecules influence biochemical processes. This knowledge is leading to very sophisticated asymmetric synthetic techniques that have greatly benefitted many research groups especially those in the pharmaceutical industry. This guide to the role of molecular and macroscopic chirality will inspire students and scientists in chemistry, biology, physics, and drug discovery.

Table of contents: 

1 The Mirror Image
2 Handedness
3 The Symmetry of Nonsuperimposable Mirror Images
4 Nomenclature for Chiral Molecules
5 Nomenclature for Dissymmetric and Other Chiral Molecules
6 Summary
7 Suggestions for Further Reading
8 References
9 List of Biographic Photographs, Sidebars, and Figures

10 Molecular Chirality in Living Systems
11 Optical Rotation
12 From Biot to Pasteur
13 Biochemical Homochirality
14 Determination of Absolute Structures of Chiral Molecules
15 Summary
16 Suggestions for Further Reading
17 References
18 List of Biographic Photographs, Sidebars, and Figures

19 The Origin of Chirality in Living Systems
20 Must Life Be Chiral?
21 Mirror-Image Life?
22 The Origin of Homochirality in Living Systems
23 Extraterrestrial Chirality
24 Nuclear Chirality
25 Other Extraterrestrial Sources
26 The Beginning of Life on Earth: Biochemistry
27 Getting Started in the Right (or Left) Direction
28 Summary
29 Suggestions for Further Reading
30 References
31 List of Sidebars and Figures

32 Chiral Chemistry, Recognition, and Control in Living Systems
33 Chiral Chemical Evolution
34 Chiral Recognition at the Molecular Level
35 Examples of Chiral Recognition and Discrimination
36 Smell
37 Taste
38 Communication
39 Chirality as a Control Mechanism in Biochemistry
40 Summary
41 Suggestions for Further Reading
42 References
43 List of Biographic Photographs, Sidebars, and Figures

44 Chirality and Drugs
45 Chirality in Natural Remedies and Folk Medicines
46 Enantiomeric Differences in Natural Products
47 Thalidomide and Regulation of Chiral Drugs
48 Chirality and Drug Activity
49 Ibuprofen
50 Prozac
51 Cialis
52 Nexium
53 Lipitor
54 Chiral Switching
55 Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Methamphetamine
56 Preparation of Pure Enantiomers
57 Summary
58 Suggestions for Further Reading
59 References
60 List of Biographic Photographs, Sidebars, and Figures

61 The Chirality of Living Systems
62 Preliminary Cautions
63 Chirality in Nature
64 Classification of Plant and Animal Chirality (Asymmetry)
65 Symmetric Life
66 Racemic Life
67 Asymmetric Life
68 Homo sapiens Asymmetry
69 Summary
70 Suggestions for Further Reading
71 References
72 List of Sidebars and Figures

73 The Handedness of Homo sapiens
74 Are You Right-Handed or Left-Handed?
75 The Statistics of Handedness
76 The Origin of Left-Handedness
77 The Human Genetics of Handedness
78 Summary
79 Suggestions for Further Reading
80 References
81 List of Sidebars and Figures

82 Living in a Right-Hander’s World
83 Clockwise and Counterclockwise (or Anticlockwise) Rotation
84 Helical Stairways
85 Around the House
86 Making Music Left-Handed
87 The Chirality of Writing
88 Sports and the Left-Hander
89 American Baseball: The Chiral Sport
90 Driving on the Left or Right Side
91 Windmills
92 Summary
93 Suggestions for Further Reading
94 References
95 List of Sidebars and Figures

96 The Asymmetric Universe

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