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I’m not smart enough to know this.
Some molecules have a rotation that is centered on a chiral carbon atom and is named by the way the other atoms of the molecule rotate. There are some rules to it, but L is levorotatory and means it rotates to the left or counter-clockwise. D is dextrorotatory and spins to the right, or clockwise.
Edit: spelling errors lol
These terms can describe any molecule, btw, doesn’t have to contain carbon
Not any molecule, it’s gotta be able to have stereoisomers in the first place. There’s no R or S water for example. D/L notation is for biology.
Y not Samuel R Jackson¿
because the meme was made by a chemist and not a physicist
Because the prefixes for optical rotation are dextro and levo :)
Chirality, Motherfucker! Do you have it?
Say racemic. Say racemic again motherfucker!
