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tagh
1324 days ago
Glucose is also known as dextrose for its dextral (right-handed) chirality. Which means that left-handed glucose should be
sinistrose
. What a name!
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Veliladon
1324 days ago
It's actually levorotatory glucose not sinistrose. It's derived from the Latin word "laevus" for left and its shortened form is "levo".
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