Algebraic structure of central molecular chirality starting from Fischer projections

✍ Scribed by Salvatore Capozziello; Alessandra Lattanzi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 86 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0899-0042
• DOI: 10.1002/chir.10239

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The construction of algebraic structure of central molecular chirality is provided starting from the empirical Fischer projections for tetrahedrons. A matrix representation is given and the algebra of O(4) orthogonal group for rotations and inversions is identified. The result can be generalized to chains of connected tetrahedrons. Chirality 15:466–471, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.