Introduction to optical isomerism and chirality

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In this educational video, Sanziana Foia introduces us to optical isomerism and chirality. To help us learn about it, Sanziana starts from everyday objects, like hands and screws, and then moves on to molecules. In this short organic chemistry tutorial, we will learn what optical isomers and chiral molecule are, why chirality is important, and see examples, such as carvone. A fun quiz with more examples will conclude the tutorial. The molecules used to demonstrate these concepts are available in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). In particular we used CSD Entries: OGUSIV, RERXIV, KOSNIS, LALNIN03, CITRAC10, JEKNOC10, THALID03. You can visualise and download the structures for free from CCDC's Access Structures service: https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/structures/ The images and animation frames of these molecules are prepared using Mercury. Mercury visualisation software is available to download for free https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/Community/csd-community/FreeMercury/ More advanced functionality from the CCDC enables you explore molecules and structures in more detail, for example Molecule Overlay, which you could use to superimpose chiral molecules. To find out how to access more advanced functionality with a CSD-Core license see https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/csd-core/ For educators and teachers: Feel free to show this video tutorial about optical isomerism, enantiomers and chirality in your classroom or you can get in touch with us to request specific animations. Send an email to education@ccdc.cam.ac.uk to enquire! More educational resources are available on our website, where a transcript of this video is also available: https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/Community/educationalresources/teaching-modules/ Вы имеете возможность показать данный видео материал об оптической изомерии, энатиомерах и хиральности в классе. Пишите нам по адресу education@ccdc.cam.ac.uk, если вам требуются отдельные анимации. Другие видео ресурсы доступны на нашем веб сайте: https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/Community/educationalresources/teaching-modules/ Per educatori e insegnanti: Potete utilizzare questo video tutorial su isomeri ottici, enantiomeri e chiralità nella vostra classe oppure contattarci per richiedere animazioni specifiche. Invia un'e-mail a education@ccdc.cam.ac.uk per informazioni! Altre risorse didattiche sono disponibili sul nostro sito web, dove è disponibile anche una trascrizione di questo video: https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/Community/educationalresources/teaching-modules/ Προς εκπαιδευτικούς και καθηγητές: Σας προσκαλούμε να παρουσιάσετε αυτό το βίντεο πάνω στην οπτική ισομέρεια, τα εναντιομερή και τη χειρομορφία στην τάξη σας ή να έρθετε σε επαφή με μας για να ζητήσετε συγκεκριμένες εικόνες και βίντεο. Στείλτε ένα email στο education@ccdc.cam.ac.uk για περισσότερες πληροφορίες! Επιπλέον εκπαιδευτικό υλικό είναι διαθέσιμο στον ιστότοπο μας, όπου μπορείτε να βρείτε και το σενάριο του βίντεο: https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/Community/educationalresources/teaching-modules/ Gerne möchte ich Sie auf das beigefügte Video-Tutorium zu optischer Isomerie, Enantiomer und Chiralität zur Vorführung in Ihrem Lehrinstitut aufmerksam machen. Über folgende Email (education@ccdc.cam.ac.uk) können Sie auch direkt mit uns Kontakt aufnehmen, um spezifische Animationen anzufragen. Weitere Bildungsressourcen sind über unsere Website verfügbar, wo sie auch ein Skript des oben angesprochenen Videos finden: https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/Community/educationalresources/teaching-modules/